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Abiginal m b had ~idualiicvsluea Alm, for many Native Amdns
the Mlw of unitywith nalum is kmnpa!it+a wilh !ha Weamin Industrial whm
view of raskaping MIwe to fit humans (Osipow I Litlleiohn. 1895). Fiordo (1985)
iMi d i i wmmunica6on slylea ba!ween Aboriginal and mainrtraam
sh&nts;whi!e~~mmmunicatedinaaoflapckmnahn'c~
m nnspoksn. For instance, in a mmmunicalion mini- class, the challenge
was to teach Atuiginal sludm!~ how to succeed in this sMhg. Firstly as Mum
educam, they had to mdii !he impofisme of and ne8d for 'outupken'
mmmunicalim in a c!assmom rening (Findo, 1985). Semdiy, these students
also had to mli thal !his ou(rWm need nM be cmslrwd as diminishing
!hair idemiiy as Native peoples. They just had to adapt Meir wmmunication style
depetihg on the situstion (F'wdo. 191).
In diwuuing self.omwpl of Navajo and rmnwinal shdma. Heaps I
Monlll(1979) (wnd !ha Navajo studsnn dsmonslra!ed lsss satisfaction wim !heir
personal iden!iias !han non4higinal s!t&Ms on m%tten mnceming mi
mhnic seU and relalims with &Ier psaple ard m dal defansivsnesr. The
t4mgmuprwsreeomperaMeonthek~evllua(ion. -,in
resw to !heir aodal and mcd w, the two culhnas dim. To ensure
aucms in a mainsbsam inrtilu6on, Navajo s!udsnls medad to be mare of, and
have acquimd canmurate vah and skills needed lo adjuat to a new culture,
and maintain !hair cuhml idsn(ity ( kps I MI. 1879).
Hoover (L Jamb's (1992) d- a survey to idalii selCpwcep6pns