![]() ![]() Native American children were found to develop within four intersecting planes of existence-Child and Adult, Past and Present, Physical and Spiritual, and Native and Non-Native. Comparison was then made between participant comments from the line-by-line analysis and items on the Survey of Well-being of Young Children. Wholistic, line-by-line, comparison, and relational levels of analysis identified themes answering the first question. Close to 300 pages of transcripts were typed up. How do these important Native American skills and knowledge areas align with items on a federally-approved tool for monitoring young children’s development? Ten Native American caregivers from tribally diverse backgrounds (skewed more heavily Ojibwe) were interviewed, with each interview lasting from one to four hours. ![]() ![]() What does it mean to raise culturally whole Native American children, birth through five years of age, in an urban context? 2. Using a phenomenological approach, this study addressed two questions: 1. ![]() The roots of disparities often occur early in life, so this study sought to address the gap in early childhood literature by investigating the phenomenon of raising healthy young Native American children. Native American children have frequently been overlooked in early childhood development and education literature, though they are part of demographic with some of the highest levels of documented educational and health disparities. ![]()
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