Article Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1963
Keywords
Acculturation; Ojibwa Indians; Indian reservations--Minnesota
Abstract
The "Indian Problem" is a term frequently used without precise definition. It serves, perhaps, to bring to the mind of the general public conditions of poverty, backwardness, drunkenness, disrespect for the law, and lack of education and community organization among the Indians. An objection to this approach is that it does not provide adequate or systematic understanding of the basic nature of this "problem," but refers rather to the easily observable external manifestations. The "Indian Problem" approach also seems to attribute to all Indians an inherent tendency toward socially unacceptable behavior. A more profitable approach is to identify some of the causes for the overt social disorganization by examining the cultural traditions of the Chippewa and their historical relations with the dominant white society.
First Page
18
Last Page
23
Recommended Citation
Stromberg, J. S.
(1963).
Some Problems in Minnesota Chippewa Acculturation.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 31 No.1, 18-23.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol31/iss1/5
Primo Type
Article