Demonstrates Aboriginal people as the economic base of the Kimberley region; review of government reports on the Kimberley - East Kimberley Impact Assessment Project, the Crocodile Hole report, the Kimberley Region Plan Study report, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, native title; population; employment by region and occupation; housing and community infrastructure; incomes by community; cost of living; regional industry - mining, horticulture, agriculture, pastoral, tourism, Aboriginal participation; Commonwealth funding and state spending on Aboriginal programs; Aboriginal relations with local government - examples from five shires - includes Ngaanyatjarraku shire; state planning - Aboriginal Plan 1993 - individual departmental commitments discussed; economic role of regional Aboriginal organisations; role of ATSIC; CDEP programs.