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A 5 page overview of Native American social interactions and the factors influencing those interactions. The author emphasizes that not only is the topic of Native American culture multifaceted in terms of the number of cultures which it encompasses but so is the temporal nature of that culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPnaSoc.rtf
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Native American culture, like all cultures, has definitive values and roles
for men, women, and children. These shape interactions between individuals and interactions between groups. What is important to remember in Native American culture, however, is that Native Americans
comprise many cultures, not one. Not only is the topic of Native American culture multifaceted in terms of the number of cultures which it encompasses but so is
the temporal nature of that culture. The obvious result then is an infinity of possible cultural interactions which could occur between people over time. The intent of this
paper, then is to examine some of the generalities of this phenomena using the specific reference point of one specific component of Native American culture, in this case that component
will be the Navajo. As a necessity, it will also be necessary to discuss the changes that have occurred over time for these groups.
The first point that should be made in discussing the Navajo is that even the name outside society has assigned this group is not that
by which they prefer to be identified. The Navajo prefer to refer to themselves as the Dine. Even a casual observer of the culture, however, is quick to
recognize that it has changed dramatically over the last five hundred years. At the same time there remain certain reflections of this culture that date back to prehistory.
Dine culture thus presents an interesting contrast to many other cultures. Non-native cultures, however, are a particularly appropriate point of comparison
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