Family behavior of urban American Indians

Horse, John G. Red; Lewis, Ronald G.; Feit, Marvin D.; Decker, James T.

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“…Official leadership is characterized by the physical proximity of grandparents to the family and operationalized by the grandparents' monitoring of parental behavior and by children seeking contact with the grandparents. If a biologic grandparent is not available, another older member of the community may be adopted for the role (Red Horse et al, 1978). This source of support and authority is often disrupted for young families who move to the city.…”

Section: Structure and Function Of Contemporary Indian Familiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…In the European-American tradition, an extended family is defined as three generations within a single household. The NA family networks, however, often include several households containing upward of 200 relatives along both vertical and horizontal lines (Red Horse et al, 1978). Although single-parent and single-adult households do occur in NA communities, the extended family serves as an instrument of group solidarity by reinforcing cultural standards and expectations, and lending practical assistance as proximity and finances permit.…”

Section: Structure and Function Of Contemporary Indian Familiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Three lifestyle patterns of contemporary NA families were identified among the urban Chippewas of Minnesota (Red Horse et al, 1978). Traditional families openly adhere to the tribal ways including home use of the Indian language and practice of the traditional religious belief system.…”

Section: Structure and Function Of Contemporary Indian Familiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Culture Sensitivity in Assessing Urban Native American Parenting

Seideman

Williams

Burns

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Public Health Nursing

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Assessing urban Native American (NA) parenting remains a challenge for public health nurses. This study explored the effectiveness of using the NCATS and HOME instruments with urban NA mothers and their children. Scores for 63 sets of mothers and their children age 3 months to 3 years on the home observation for measurement of the environment (HOME) and nursing child assessment teaching scale (NCATS) instruments were compared with norms for those instruments. Scores were lower than the norms on the play and involvement subscales of the HOME, and higher than the norms on the total parent, clarity of cues, response to parent, and total child subscales of the NCATS. Analysis of responses to specific items indicated that these mothers were unlikely to structure and intervene in children's activities and likely to use nonverbal parenting techniques. Findings supported the usefulness of these instruments with NA parents when accompanied by discussion of findings with them, and nurse awareness of common family structures and traditional values.

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Section: Structure and Function Of Contemporary Indian Familiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Structure and Function Of Contemporary Indian Familiesmentioning

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Culture Sensitivity in Assessing Urban Native American Parenting

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Burns

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Public Health Nursing

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“…Family members taking care of a Cherokee mother's baby encourages family involvement. Red Horse et al (1978) describes a hierarchy of resources Indians choose for themselves when seeking help for health needs. The family was chosen first, then the Indian clan system, medicine man, tribe and then mainstream health care system.…”

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“…The values, attitudes, and beliefs of health are reflected in the behaviors of the Indian. Four concepts--indirect communication, time, individual development, and interdependence--are behaviors that are valued by the Indian in promoting harmony with family, environment, supernatural forces, inanimate and living objects, and community (Attneave, 1982;Edwards & Edwards, 1980;Ho, 1987;Red Horse et al, 1978). These behaviors of the Indian/environment interaction pattern promote the balance of health sought by the Indian.…”

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The Infant Caring Process among Cherokee Mothers

Nichols

2004

J Holist Nurs

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The purpose of this study was to identify the social process of infant care among Cherokee mothers. Nineteen informants, who had an infant less than 2 years of age, were interviewed. The data were analyzed using the technique of constant comparative analysis. A social process of Indian infant care among Cherokee mothers was identified. Eight conceptsemerged from data analysis. The first and principal concept, being a Cherokee mother, describes the functions of being an Indian mother in Cherokee society. The other seven concepts describe the patterns of cultural care the mothers provided to their infants. These included accommodating everyday infant care, accommodating health perspectives, building a care-providing consortium, living spiritually, merging the infant into Indian culture, using noncoercive discipline techniques, and vigilantly watching for the natural unfolding of the infant. Trustworthiness and credibility of the generated theory were evaluated through multiple measures.

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Native A merican Families

Olmer

Brown

2016

Encyclopedia of Family Studies

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The Native American family has faced many difficulties since the beginning of the development of Euro‐American culture, including the forced removal of children from families during the 1960s by the US government. As a result of the pressure to accept capitalistic traditions, many Native American families have been forced to adapt despite their typically interdependent heritage. As of 2010 there were 5.2 million individuals within the United States who identify as having American Indian or Alaskan Native origin. In the same year there were 565 federally recognized tribes throughout the United States to which these individuals belonged. Native Americans have been identified as the most impoverished ethnic group in the United States, which has resulted in many families seeking employment off the reservations, putting strain on the traditional values of tribes and influencing the current roles and obligations of many Native American families.

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Family behavior of urban American Indians

Abstract: Effective policy development of human service delivery to American Indians depends on an understanding of cultural characteristics and extended family networks

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Culture Sensitivity in Assessing Urban Native American Parenting

The Infant Caring Process among Cherokee Mothers

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