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Stereotyping in Black and White: Differences in stereotype knowledge and stereotype use.
(1997)
This study examined the content of stereotypes about Blacks and Whites, and the use of those stereotypes when confronted with ambiguous behaviors by a member of the stereotyped group. In study 1, both Black and White ...
Differences in ethnic identity and social distance in White and Native Americans.
(1999)
The relationship between ethnic identity and social distance was explored among Native Americans and White Americans. A sample of 50 participants, in each ethnic group, were used for analysis. Participants were given the ...
Black business students' post-baccalaureate employment expectations: What are they and from where do they originate?
(1998)
The purpose of this study was to generate grounded theory concerning post-baccalaureate employment expectations of Black college students enrolled in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs.) The objective has ...
Examining the Life Perspective Scale: An investigation of an American Indian acculturation instrument.
(1997)
Many social science disciplines have examined the process of socio-cultural change that takes place among ethnic minority persons living in a culturally different environment. While the focus of these studies have been on ...
Resources for the practice of Native American songs and dances in the elementary classroom.
(1999)
Elementary music and classroom teachers should find this study helpful as a guide to those resources regarding the songs, dances and culture of the Native North Americans.
Fictive kinship, racial identity, peer influence, attitudes toward school, and future goals: Relationships with achievement for African-American high school students.
(1998)
This study examined the relationships among measures of fictive kinship, racial identity, attitudes towards school, influence of peers, and future goals and achievement among African American high school students. The study ...
National health insurance and the American Dream: Cultural influences and public opinion.
(1997)
This study tests James Davison Hunter's cultural polarization thesis which suggests members within religious denominations are more influenced by "progressive" or "traditional" value frameworks rather than earlier ...
Interest group federalism: Indian gaming and the status of Indian tribes in the American political system.
(1997)
This dissertation seeks to answer the question, "What is the status of Indian tribes in the American political system at the end of the twentieth century" by studying how New Mexico and Oklahoma tribes have attempted to ...
A social history of Caddoan peoples: Cultural adaptation and persistence in a Native American community.
(1998)
Cultural information on the historic Caddoans is limited. This scant information has nonetheless been used to extrapolate cultural loss for the contemporary tribe. The Caddo suffered population decline of catastrophic ...
Douglas Henry Johnston and the Chickasaw Nation, 1898--1939.
(1999)
Douglas Henry Johnston served as governor of the Chickasaw Nation for some four decades. Johnston presided from 1898 to 1902, was re-elected in 1904, and served until his death on June 28, 1939. He served longer than any ...