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This chapter identifies pervasive areas of cultural disconnect between the two communities that contribute to an unwelcoming school environment for Native students and an attendant opportunity gap between Native and non-Native students. These include the failure to acknowledge tribal sovereignty, a deficit orientation toward Native culture, and a lack of sensitivity to Native values and communication styles. The examination of these disconnects forms the structure of the chapter as follows: failure to recognize Mohawk sovereignty, free trade versus “smuggling,” deficit orientation to the Mohawk community, notions of family and community, orientations to time, individual versus community identity, matriarchal culture, and differing speech norms.
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Williams, S.V., Cole, J.M. (2018). Cultural Disconnect. In: Native Cultural Competency in Mainstream Schooling. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67795-8_3
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