Who's sorry now? Government apologies, truth commissions, and indigenous self-determination in Australia, Canada, Guatemala, and Peru

Human Rights Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-489

  Corntassel, Jeff ^a   Holder, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apologies; Human rights; Indigenous peoples; Self determination; Transitional justice; Truth commissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849118943     PISSN: 15248879     EISSN: 18746306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12142-008-0065-3     Document Type: Article

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