NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

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• NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

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I. BACKGROUND

• U.S. News and World Report (2004) there are 562
  recognized tribes and many unrecognized ones
• Native Americans serve in the U.S. military at a
  higher rate than any other ethnic group
• In the year 2000, 66 of NAs lived in urban areas
• Gambling a major source of revenue

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USDA Economic Research Service, 2007
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Chart p. 140 is on the examLevels of
Acculturation

• There are 5 levels of acculturation that are
  generally experienced by Native Americans
• These range from traditional all the way to
  pantraditional
• Traditional
• Pantraditional

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II. CONTRASTING BELIEFS AND VALUES

• Native American (NA)
• Mainstream
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• Mainstream

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III. EDUCATION AND LITERACY
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There is a real mismatch
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IV. HEALTH CARE, DISABILITIES
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V. LANGUAGE CONSIDERATIONS

• A. Communication Styles
• B. Language Issues

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PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH NATIVE
AMERICANS

• A. Dealing with Families
• B. Students in School

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Research of Edgarita Long with Cherokee children
in Arkansas
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In therapy, we can
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Inglebret, Jones, CHiXapkaid (October, 2008
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in
Schools, pp. 521-527 Integrating American
Indian/Alaska Native Culture into Shared
Storybook Intervention)
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Story-telling is high-context
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This is in contrast to public schools
low-context methods
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What we can do is