The role of education in American Indian self-determination: Lessons from the Ramah Navajo community school

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-87

  Manuelito, Kathryn ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18844443393     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2005.36.1.073     Document Type: Article

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