Reflect cultural relativity

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Public policy toward Native Americans has been inconsistent. Some of the policies reflect the desire to make the Indian more like the Whites who came to this country, while others reflect cultural relativity. Using specific examples, discuss which policies reflect the dominant groups ethnocentrism and which ones reflect cultural relativity.

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