Urban and Indigenous: The Challenges of being a Native American in the City

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-488

  Weaver, Hilary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; community work; community based research; Indigenous; Native American and First Nation Communities; strong communities; urban problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871901718     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2012.732001     Document Type: Article

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