KS> KS> errr....  d.c.?
KS> SB> Dominant Culture.  You're going to see that abbreviation a lot in
  > SB> here. The Dominant Culture of the U.S. and Canada is often very
  > SB> different from Indian cultures.
KS> Interesting concept.  I hold the individual responsible and
  > accountable for his/her actions.  It helps keep my prejudices in
  > check by preventing me from ascribing to a whole, the actions of
  > a few.
I, too, hold individuals to be accountable for their individual actions.
KS> How do the folks in Indian Affairs define the DC of the United States?
I'm glad you asked it that way, and not "How do we define Indian
culture?", since there is more than one Indian culture.
I think, however, that I can give you only a few examples.  Culture is
always a very pervasive thing.  Anthropologists write volumes on a
single culture.  The DC has a different sense of humor than many of the
native cultures, for example.  And I'm not even going to try to define
that difference, but it's real.  As a matter of fact, humor was one of
the areas I had real problems with when I was adjusting to the dominant
culture.  I kept asking myself, "Why do they find *this* funny, and not
*that*?"   Eventually, I caught on, but it took a while.  Even so, I
haven't yet verbalized the difference.
I grew up with a good deal more respect for elders than I see in the
dominant culture.  I also grew up with a different concept of history
than is taught in school.
I think you wll need to read carefully, sometimes even between the
lines, to figure out completely what is meant by DC.  You have an
advantage over many non-natives reading this, however.  You have
switched cultures in your lifetime, so you are probably more aware of
cultural differences than many people.  And, therefore, more able to
*see* a cultural tagline when it exists.
                        Sondra
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