Sharing the colonial burden: Treaty-making and reconciliation in Hul'qumi'num territory

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-418

  Egan, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

autochtones; Colombie Britannique; Hul'qumi'num; r conciliation; trait

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND RIGHTS; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84870539448     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2012.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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