Indigenous nations' responses to climate change

American Indian Culture and Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 5-27

  Grossman, Zoltán ^a  

^a Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute (NIARI)

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EID: 57249115874     PISSN: 01616463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17953/aicr.32.3.n561082k204ul53g     Document Type: Article

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