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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Standoff : why reconciliation fails Indigenous people and how to fix it / Bruce McIvor.

Names: McIvor, Bruce, author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210271701 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210273763 | ISBN 9780889714205 (softcover) | ISBN 9780889714212 (HTML)

Subjects: LCSH: Indigenous peoples—Canada—Social conditions. | LCSH: Indigenous peoples—Canada—Government relations. | LCSH: Indigenous peoples—Legal status, laws, etc.—Canada. | LCSH: Indigenous peoples—Canada—Public opinion.| LCSH: Canada—Race relations. | LCSH: Canada—Ethnic relations. | LCSH: Reconciliation.

Classification: LCC E78.C2 M35 2021 | DDC 305.897/071—dc23