First nations, residential schools, and the Americanization of the Holocaust: Rewriting indigenous history in the United States and Canada

Canadian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 995-1015

  Macdonald, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 36448954736     PISSN: 00084239     EISSN: 17449324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0008423907071107     Document Type: Article

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