Why Is It That Many Native American Parents Have Lost

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Multiple Choice

Why is it that many Native American parents have lost some of their traditional cultural parenting skills, where children were valued, women were considered sacred, and men cared for and provided for their families?

• A) because modern Native American families have found that these values are archaic and outdated
• B) because of the increases in drug and alcohol addiction seen in Native American villages
• C) because of the infiltration of Judeo-Christian religious values into tribal communities
• D) because of many generations of oppression

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