Entering sacred landscapes: Cultural expectations versus legal realities in the Northwestern Plains

Great Plains Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-183

  Campbell, Gregory R ^a   Foor, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural resource issues; Native American religion; Sacred lands

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; RELIGION;

EID: 4844224851     PISSN: 02757664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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