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Understanding Native Americans
Current Issues
Cultures and Values
Guidelines for counseling
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The amount of Native Americans living in the U.S.

About 5.2 million

100

What is one notable sports team with a sports mascot depicting Native Americans?

 Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Washington Redskins, Florida State Seminoles.

100

T/F 

The eagle feather is sacred and valued for it’s beauty.

Flase

100

When working with a Native Client, it is important to get a sense of that person's _________  ___  ________?

Level of acculturation

200

The median age for Native Americans as of 2010

31 years of age

200

In which area of the United States are gaming establishments most successful?

California or West Coast.

200

What are valued concepts when interacting with others?

Cooperation and Sharing

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What two cues will give counselors a good sense of a Native American client's level of acculturation?

Verbal and Non-Verbal

300

A controversial form of determining Native American identity

 Blood quantum

300

Which state has the highest graduation rate for Native Americans?

Tennessee

300

Why might a Native American avoid eye contact and/or verbal communication with others?

To show respect for their elders or a person of power

300

A major underlying and ongoing issue in counseling most Native Clients is?

Trust versus Mistrust

400

A term referring to a person of Native American ancestry

What is American Indian, Alaskan/ Hawaiian Native, Native people, Indian, First Nations, or Indigenous

400

What is the average unemployment rate for Native Americans?

45%

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Native American children often trace their heritage through which members of the family?

Mother and Grandmother

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One model useful in both intervention and prevention programs is the ?

Historical Trauma and Unresolved Grief Intervention

500

A reference to the self determination period

What is Red Power

500

List 3 physical conditions that affect sacred sites.

Dams, fencing, roads, mining, housing, tourism, vandalism, hydroelectric pants.

500

What is the significance of the numbers 4 and 7 in Native American spirituality?

  • 4= spirit of each of the directions- N,S,E,W.
  • 7= the same four directions and the upper world (sky), lower world (Earth), and center world (the heart or sacred fire)
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Recommendations that are intended as ________  _____ _____ for working with a traditional Native client, are greetings, hospitality, silence, space, eye contact, intention and collaboration.

culturally alert ways