Reflections on conservation, sustainability, and environmentalism in indigenous North America

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-86

  Krech III, Shepard ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Conservation; Human environment relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444372780     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.1.078     Document Type: Article

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