Download or read book Rural American Indian Families and Resiliency written by Tricia Wek-Visker and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examined resilience of rural, low-income Native American families to provide a basis for comparison with other rural low-income families. Twenty-three American Indian families in a rural Midwestern United States reservation were interviewed for the study. Two risk factors were identified as distinct to rural, low-income Native American families: the impact of drugs and alcohol, and stigma and discrimination (racism). Eleven protective factors were identified, the two distinctive to this same group were tribal assistance, and cultural pride and traditions. Structural solidarity was found to have the greatest impact on perceived family resiliency. --abstract.