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Special Problems of Reading Comprehension in the Education of Eskimo and Indian Children.
Griese, Arnold A. – 1974
The paper endeavors to delineate more clearly the special reading comprehension problem of the Alaskan Eskimo and Indian. Reading comprehension is essentially a cognitive process -- the ability to engage in rigorous abstract thinking. A number of formal anthropological reports indicate that Alaskan natives, especially the Eskimo, are deficient in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Acculturation, American Indians, Childrens Literature