Water and indigenous peoples: Canada's paradox

International Indigenous Policy Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  White, Jerry P ^a   Murphy, Laura ^a   Spence, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital; Community capacity; Indigenous; Sustainable development; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016265150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19165781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2012.3.3.3     Document Type: Article

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