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Indigenous Place-Names in (Post)colonial Contexts: The Case of Ubmeje in Northern Sweden

Daniel Andersson
Scandinavian Studies, June 2020, 92 (1) 104-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.92.1.0104
Daniel Andersson
Umeå University
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