A Clash of ValuesAMERICAN INDIAN (AI) vs. ANGLO AMERICAN (AA) Slower, softer speech (AI) Avoids speaker/listener with little or no eye contact (AI) Interjects less (AI) Less "encouraging signs" (nodding of head, "uh huh" etc.) (AI) Delayed resopnse to auditory message (AI) Nonverbal communication prized (AI) Cooperation (AI) Group needs most important (AI) Harmony with nature (AI) Control self, not others (AI) Sharing, keep only enough to satisfy present needs (AI) Participates only when certain of ability (AI) Privacy and noninterference (AI) Physical punishment rare (AI) Patient, allows others to go first (AI) Broken English accepted (AI) Return to Table of Contents Email "Earth Woman" |