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Deyhle, Donna – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1986
Analyzes the importance of break dancing to a subgroup of Ute and Navajo students at a southwestern high school. Describes the break dancers' interactions with other students, their communities, and their school. Break dancing facilitates intragroup communication, creates a unique group identity, and allows the students a kind of success in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Environment, Group Unity, High Schools