Sa'ah Naaghá́ Bik'eh Hózhó́n: An ethnography of Navajo educational communication practices

Communication Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Braithwaite, Charles A ^a  

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Author keywords

Cultural communication; Ethnography of communication; Navajo education; Philosophy in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040652105     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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