The cleveland "Indians": A case study in American Indian cultural dispossession

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-330

  Staurowsky, Ellen J ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034553079     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.17.4.307     Document Type: Article

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