Assessing cultural life skills of American Indian youth

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-304

  Long, Claudia ^a   Downs, A Chris ^b   Gillette, Bruce ^c   In Sight, L Kills ^d   Konen, E Iron Cloud ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Casey Family Programs   (United States)

^c Casey Family Programs   (United States)

^d Casey Family Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian youth; Bicultural youth; Community youth development; Cultural life skills; Foster care, Youth work; Marginal culture; Native American youth; Participatory research; Youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747889638     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-006-9017-8     Document Type: Article

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