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Y W Bird (lw) also made memion of the differences between
Eumpsen and First NatDn sludmts in (hsirappmech in pmMem aohring; whik
Eumpsun's appmghed a pmMan r i , Aboriginal barnen took a holii and
cidar pmessa. The fact tha many Abwigiil atudds ware laylM in a
cuitumlly damntinuom environment a! school and postaecondaq may
have h i i (heir oun dwebwfmt ofarIturdlly-biasad padagoguea (McAlpine
& Taybf, lS93).
In lenns o f i tealing, ~ an imporlard ~ memm of- fa
Anmrican Indians wars We hra, s*nultam tests (lacaliiion,
orientation, and brm mpblion) (Dingman. Mmzb. & Brady. 1995).
UfIMumW, Wme three m w an not mmally irduded in standardized
wnp. H-, (he Gail ~loaum and spaw may TW oftha as^
assess the sama mgnh functims es me mree ~ ~CLB (Dingman. ~rcaka. 8
Brady, 1985).
E m brain dominana b bean datad with tradiis and ~~.
Ross (1982) desmit6d th, dembpmard ofthe right hemiapheredominanm m
Native Americans a6 a rewttof children's infonnal education aarning thraylh
oboervation, pm@on. exam*, and s(oy Wing. ~owev~, his sargument is
weakened by the bm8d ge&i#ons abud lraditbnal Native AmaieMlt. &in
opWit's(1989) work. Rm's (1982) gemmliions pigeonha Native
hedms as one type. Native hmims an @vase, not homogeneous, the
OXCepl oftradii1 vah amongrtgmps. Thars(ore, while rigM h e m i i