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Peer reviewedGraves, Theodore D. – American Ethnologist, 1974
"Culture of poverty" theorists contend that the marginal socioeconomic position occupied by many minority groups is the result of a self-perpetuating poverty "way of life". This study brings empirical evidence to bear on this thesis as it applies to Navajo Indians in Denver, Colorado. (KM)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Economically Disadvantaged, Identification (Psychology), Life Style
