TY - JOUR PY - 2002// TI - Living in a Bicultural World and Finding the Way Home: Native Women's Stories JO - Affilia A1 - Egan, Marcia A1 - Barrios, Patricia G. SP - 206 EP - 228 VL - 17 IS - 2 N2 - Four Native American women livingin the majority culture were interviewed in a qualitative study, usingsnowball sampling, to explore their experiences concerningthe meaningof being Native and of being Native women. A constant comparative qualitative analysis revealed four themes reflectingthe women's experiences: “otherness”: conflictingdominant and Native cultural messages; Native traditions as strengths, particularly as taught by female elders early in life; and the formation of positive gender and ethnic identities.
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