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Wyi wah mamaskacikiwey itota: The time is now to bridge the gap from what is to what could be!

By: Wayne Davies  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jelpp-2025-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1178-8704 | Journal ISSN: 1178-8690
Language: English
Page range: 87 - 98
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
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