Provide characteristics of Native American families.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Highly diverse group, over 500 different nations, although over half identify as coming from six nations. American Indian households often composed of extended families, including uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents. Sioux families: second set of parents selected for newborn babies; “total” family involved in child-rearing, and support includes unrelated members of the Indian community. Native American grandparents show high levels of involvement in care of grandchildren. Report high levels of caregiving to their elderly relatives. Migration of families from reservations to urban areas has led to increased assimilation and acculturation, likely to evolve over a generation, or two to resemble dominant culture.
KEY: Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe trends in family formation and family life in the U.S., including marriage, divorce, child care arrangements, and domestic violence, and describe family patterns in immigrant, Native American, and deaf families.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: America’s First Nations: Native American Families
Difficulty Level: Hard
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