Indigenous education and cultural resistance: A decolonizing project

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-178

  Wane, Njoki Nathani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 72349088521     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2008.01443.x     Document Type: Review

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