“Our Kids Aren’t Dropping Out; They’re Being Pushed Out”: Native American Students and Racial Microaggressions in Schools

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 30-47

  Johnston Goodstar, Katie ^a   VeLure Roholt, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous; microaggressions; Native American; school; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012101635     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15313204.2016.1263818     Document Type: Article

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