Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Date of this Version
1973
Document Type
Article
Citation
Published in Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Volume 2 (1973).
Abstract
The utility of ethnoscience as a methodology to improve American Indian education programs is discussed. Data from two native American communities is presented, focusing on the cultural conflict prevalent in their schools. The San Carlos Apache, a reservation-tribe of Western Apache in Arizona and an off-reservation community of Oglala Sioux from North-western Nebraska, are compared, emphasis being placed on the linguistic and cultural problems prohibiting effective education. Specific ethnosemantic studies are cited for their illumination of cognitive dissonance between native Americans and non-Indian teachers.
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Comments
Copyright 1973 by the author(s).