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jasdeep_brar

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Congress amended the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1994 to allow Native Americans the right to ________.
 
  a. perform the Ghost Dance in public places on religious occasions
  b. possess and use peyote for religious purposes
  c. reclaim Native remains by tribes with authentic claims
  d. bury their dead on historically sacred tribal ground

Question 2

Discuss assimilation.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Assimilation is the process by which a subordinate individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant group and is eventually accepted as part of that group. Assimilation is a majority ideology in which A + B + C A. The majority (A) dominates in such a way that the minorities (B and C) become indistinguishable from the dominant group. Assimilation dictates conformity to the dominant group, regardless of how many racial, ethnic, or religious groups are involved.

To be complete, assimilation must entail an active effort by the minority-group individual to shed all distinguishing actions and beliefs and the unqualified acceptance of that individual by the dominant society. In the United States, dominant White society encourages assimilation. The assimilation perspective tends to devalue alien culture and to treasure the dominant. For example, assimilation assumes that whatever is admirable among Blacks was adapted from Whites and that whatever is bad is inherently Black. The assimilation solution to Black-White conflict has been typically defined as the development of a consensus around White American values.

Assimilation is very difficult. The person being assimilated must forsake his or her cultural tradition to become part of a different, often antagonistic culture. Cross-border movement is often preceded by adjustments and awareness of the culture that awaits the immigrant.



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