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Peer reviewedBenjamin, Rebecca – Youth & Society, 1995
Analyzes the structural and thematic elements of three stories written by a sixth-grade Navajo girl to challenge the notion that a linear pattern of growth is followed by all children as they learn to write stories. The results question the assumption that certain kinds of narratives and their American Indian authors are less able or less…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Development, Childrens Writing, Creative Writing
