Producing legitimacy: Reconciliation and the negotiation of aboriginal rights in Canada

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 621-638

  Blackburn, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 34548237349     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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