CAS SO 207 Chapter Notes -Ethnic Enclave, Social Distance, Pequot People
11 Mar 2014
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) they will continue to become more valuable: threats to a. i. assets like these are common (real estate developers, energy, autonomy allows them to benefit from these resources due to 1975 indian self- companies, fishers, etc. ) Contemporary american indian-white relations: prejudice and discrimination, on stereotype depicts a. i. as bloodthirsty savages, the second image is the noble. Some tribes have maintained tribal language and still speak it, while others have <10% of members speaking the language at home (the better end is. ~50% of tribe speaking at home, like navajo and pueblo) Most widely spoken a. i. languages are now endangered (~11% remaining) Most languages spoken on a daily basis are by older generation and not children and this can lead to disappearance of all a. i. languages. Some programs try to preserve the language but we don"t know if they are successful.
