Why Is It Difficult to Identify What a "Traditional" American

question 52

Multiple Choice

Why is it difficult to identify what a "traditional" American Indian family practice is?

• A) The ancestral languages of American Indians draw family boundaries very broadly.
• B) There have been massive disruptions of American Indian families by the U.S. government.
• C) There are too few American Indian families left.
• D) American Indians often do not cooperate with social science researchers.

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