Defines culture and encourages one to compare common American culture to their Native American culture

2.  Culture consists of language,
ideas, beliefs, customs,
taboos, codes, institutions,
tools, techniques, works of
art, rituals, ceremonies, and
symbols.
 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture

3. Language
Religion
Style
Foods
Arts
Sports
Celebrations
Family

4.  American Ideas - In America, time is a very
important commodity. People 'save' time and
'spend' time as if it were money in the bank.
 Americans view being late for a meeting or
appointment as a sign of disrespect.
 In the Indian world, things happen when they
are ready to happen.

5.  Language –The United States does not have an
official language, but English is spoken by about
82% of the population.
 Spanish is the second-most common language in
the country, spoken by almost 30 million people
(or 12% of the population).
 In the Chickasaw language, there are less than 120
speakers, all older than 55. A recent study
indicated the Chickasaw Nation could lose its last
fluent speaker in 20 to 30 years if nothing is done
to revitalize the language.

6.  Bye!
 Goodbye!
 Bye for now!
 See ya!
 Be seeing you!
 See you soon!
 I'm off.
 Later!
 Catch you later!
 Good night!
 There is not a
word in the
Chickasaw
language that
says ‘Goodbye’
 Chi piza la cho is
used to say ‘I will
see you again’

7.  78.4% of Americans claim to be Christians
 4.7% other (Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist)
 16.1% unaffiliated
 0.8 undetermined
 Most American Indians view religion as a “Way
of Life” not a faith to be followed.

8.  American Clothing Style – casual, sneakers,
t-shirts, cowboy hats, boots, Ralph Lauren,
Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Levi and American
Eagle.
 Historic American Indian clothing style –
sashes, turbans, gorgets, loin cloth, cotton
aprons, deer skin

9.  American
 Fast foods
 Twinkies
 Hamburgers
 Hotdogs
 Apple pie
 Cook outs
 Steak
 American Indian
 Fry Bread
 Pishofa
 Grape dumplings
 Salt pork
 Squash
 Corn
 Beans

10.  Fine Arts – painting, sculpture, architecture, music and
poetry, theater, and dance.
The Five Ballerinas
Mike Larsen
Enoch Haney
The Guardian

Chickasaw Council House

11.  Performing Arts –dance, music, opera,
theatre, magic, spoken word, circus arts,
recitation and musical theatre.

12.  Visual Arts - are art forms that create works that are primarily visual
in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture,
printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and
architecture.
 Applied Art - is the application of design and aesthetics to objects
of function and everyday use. Ex. fashion (beading, clothing),
pottery, photography

13. American sports Native American
Sports
Baseball Stick ball
Football Chunky
Basketball Marbles

14.  Christmas
 Halloween
 Independence Day
 Labor Day
 Memorial Day
 Columbus Day
 Thanksgiving
 Weddings
 Piomingo Day
 Green Corn
Ceremony
 Stomp Dances
 Graduations
 Birthdays

15.  Nuclear – Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister
 Extended – Grandmother, Aunts, uncles,
cousins, grandfathers, in-laws
 Step families, Single Parent, generational,
adopted, non-traditional, foster, friend
families, work families.

16.  Becoming aware of our cultural dynamics is a
difficult task because culture is not conscious to
us.
 Since we are born we have learned to see and do
things at an unconscious level.
 Our experiences, our values and our cultural
background lead us to see and do things in a
certain way.
 Sometimes we have to step outside of our cultural
boundaries in order to realize the impact that our
culture has on our behavior.