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Acquiring and using cultural competence in service delivery or research is a process in which the service provider or researcher must acknowledge cultural differences, develop awareness of personal cultural values, understand cross-cultural interactions, learn the family's culture, and adapt the program or research project to fit the culture. Recently, American Indian communities have begun to assume a major role in the control of service delivery and research efforts in their communities due to their special status as sovereign nations and their efforts to protect the cultural integrity of the program or research. This article will outline and offer insight into the cultural, historical, social, and spiritual issues that must be learned prior to and when conducting service or program delivery or research among American Indian communities.

Objective. Scholars have debated the theory that indigenous American societies influenced the development of American democratic theories, institutions, & values. The purpose of this research is to examine the research presented by the critics & proponents of the indigenous influence theory. Methods. This research analyzes the writings of historians & other scholars involved in the study of the indigenous influence theory, the writings & speeches of sixteenth- to eighteenth-century European political philosophers, the founding fathers, & indigenous peoples, & government documents. Results. The scholarly debate has gone beyond proving that indigenous societies did influence the development of American democratic norms, values, & institutions to defining the degree of such influence. Conclusions. Future research by the social sciences will add to the multicultural foundations of political theory & democracy. 65 References. Adapted from the source document.

Unlike other racial groups in the USA, Native American tribes are political entities. This volume surveys American Indian contributions to the democratic process and the political power that tribes and individual leaders have wielded ever since the first Europeans stepped on American soil