Multicultural Matrix

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Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet
Instructions:
Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix.
Part II: Write a summary.
Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines.

Part I: Matrix
What is the group’s history in the United States? What is the group’s population in the United States? What are some attitudes and customs people of this group may practice? What is something you admire about this group’s people, lifestyle, or society?
1. Native American There are many different Native American tribes and each one is unique. Some Native American history is taught in school. We most commonly know of the Sacagawea and how they helped Lewis and Clark. Native Americans have also had to fight a battle to earn their own rights and freedom. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 gave Indians privileges to education, roads, and healthcare like we all should have. There are over 30,000 Native Americans living in 16 urban areas of the United States, according to the Bureau of the Census Native Americans are typically patient. They live a very spiritual lifestyle. They are also group oriented I admire their fight to keep their history and legacy alive. So many of their people have moved on with society, but their spirituality stays strong to their heritage.
2. African American The first African arrived in united states in 1619 as indentured servant and settled in Jamestown (Virginia). After that more and more African were brought for the purpose of slavery and working labor and they treated as slaver (1). After sometime they could legally raised crops and cattle to purchase their freedom. Africans raised families, marring other African and many time intermarrying with native Americans and English settlers. During the 1770s, they helped rebellious English colonists’ secure American independence by defeating the British in the American revolution. James Armistead who was an... [continues]

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