Constructing Identity Through Language: Water at Walpole Island First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen E. Pennesi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1999.
Anthropology Thesis (PhD) -- McGill University, 2019.
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