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Chilcott, John H. – 1986
Personal narratives were analyzed to determine if a pattern would emerge in the lives of Tucson, Arizona's successful Mexican American adults who had grown up in a traditional barrio without benefit of inherited wealth. Participants in the study were nominated as successful by their peers. Nominees who agreed to participate were given a life…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Community Influence, Cultural Influences
Chilcott, John H. – 1983
It is within the sphere of their socioreligious domain that Arizona Yaquis have been able to survive as a cultural group. Yet this domain, consisting of the two realms of the profane (good versus evil), and the sacred enchanted world of "huya ania," exists apart from the external world of a modern industrial society. The school, because…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Change Strategies