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A Fatherly Eye
Indian Agents, Government Power, and Aboriginal Resistance in Ontario, 1918-1939
by Robin Jarvis Brownlie
ISBN: 0195418913
ISBN-13: 9780195418910
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Published date: 2003
Size: 6 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
Pages: 204
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