The long-term effects of forcible assimilation policy: The case of Indian boarding schools

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 433-480

  Feir, Donna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POLICY APPROACH; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84992135123     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caje.12203     Document Type: Article

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