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The Indian Health Worker in the Cornell-Navaho Project

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Adair, John


May 1959

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Article
Indian
Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

Excerpt: "The training of a small group of Navaho health aides by the staff of a project established by the Cornell University Medical College on the middle of the Navaho Reservation has enabled the anthropologist to observe the development of the roles of such bilinguals in each society, from the time they were selected for this work, through the training period, to full performance as health aides."

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