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social science subjects > sociology > race, ethnicity and migration > cultural degradation and Native Americans

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cultural degradation and Native Americans  

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  • Scorn for the Native Americans' ways of life became apparent soon after their first encounters with Europeans. Disparagement of, and disrespect for, tribal cultures continued thereafter and, unfortunately, still continues today. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Native Americans, Cultural Degradation]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PS0DZ6HW-M

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