ERIC Number: ED128111
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1966
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American Indians in Small Cities: A Survey of Urban Acculturation in Two Northern Arizona Communities. Rehabilitation Monographs No. 1.
Kelly, Roger E.; Cramer, John O.
Urban acculturation of American Indians in Flagstaff and Winslow, Arizona was surveyed. Demographic data were obtained from Bureau of Census publications and unpublished maps and statistical tables. Sociological data included research on employment patterns, housing, economic impact of Indian consumers, and settlement patterns within urban centers. Anthropological information was gathered on inter-group attitudes, view of city living by Indian residents, acculturative processes obtained in the city as shown by participation in town life, and descriptive categories of Indian urban residents. Interviews were conducted with about 50 non-Indians in employment, housing, business, and other professions (35 were from Flagstaff) and about 45 Indian residents (10 were from Winslow). Additional data sources for all three areas were newspaper articles, field observations, and participation in various events involving Indian residents. Findings included: more Navajos resided in both communities than Hopis and other tribal groups; although Indian residents were found in nearly every employment category, many were unskilled or semi-skilled workmen; the reservation-based consumer trade was quite important to the economies of both towns; and Indian residents disliked such aspects of city living as available housing and money needed for daily life. (NQ)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Attitudes, Citizen Participation, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Intergroup Relations, Literature Reviews, Nonreservation American Indians, Questionnaires, Residential Patterns, Socioeconomic Influences, Urban American Indians
Inter-Library Loan, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
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Authoring Institution: Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff.
Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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