Human Growth and Development / Unit 10 HGD 1374 short lesson, about 20 seconds
American Indian and Alaska Native Identity
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The idea
Alaska Native youth in one study described identity through self, family, community, tribe, place, values and historical knowledge, including knowledge of colonization.
In practice
Walters's urban American Indian model moving from internalized stereotypes through marginalization and rejection of colonization's harms toward a resilient identity.
Where people slip
Stereotyped or "frozen in time" media images narrow Native youths' self-understanding, researchers find.
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