Resource development and aboriginal culture in the Canadian north

Polar Record

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-79

  Angell, Angela C ^a   Parkins, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 78650419088     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247410000124     Document Type: Article

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