Theatres of contact: The Kwakwa{combining macron below}ka{combining macron below}'wakw meet colonialismin British Columbia and at the Chicago World's Fair

Canadian Historical Review

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-192

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DOI: 10.3138/CHR.81.2.157     Document Type: Review

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