Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 1976 An Analysis of Attitudes Navajo Community Leaders Have toward a Religion Sponsored Program Based Upon Membership of that Faith and Amount of Information Attained Howard Rainer Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Indigenous Studies Commons, Mormon Studies Commons, and the Sociology Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Rainer, Howard, "An Analysis of Attitudes Navajo Community Leaders Have toward a Religion Sponsored Program Based Upon Membership of that Faith and Amount of Information Attained" (1976). Theses and Dissertations. 5057. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5057 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. 0700070.00401 j3ja3 7 MIAN vqalysiANALYSISZ OF ATTITUDES NAVAJO COMMUNITY LEADERS HAWHAVI TOWARD A RELIGION SPONSORED PROGRAM BASED UPON membership OF THAT falthFAITHFATTH AND AMOUNT OF INFOTinformationlationIATION ATTAINED A thesis presented to the department ofo101oa 7 comminicommunicommunicationscationscanions Brighbrighamzza young university in partial fulfuifulfillmentrzillment of the requiaequirequirementsI ementscements for the degree master of arts by howard rainer 1dcceitiberce ii1-1 er 1976ig1919.19 6 this thesis by howard T rainer is accepted in ititss present form by the department of communications of brigham young university as satisfying the thesichesithesiss require- ment for the degree of master of arts n llllcy y date rulon L bradley llcfcf committee chairman owen S rich committee member k M dallas burnett department chairman xx acknowledgments the writer expresses his sincere appreciation to the many people who contributed time and material toward the completion of this study I1 am grateful to dr rulon L bradley for his guidance to insure eventual completion of this work A special thanks goes to dr arturo dehoyos who was instrumental in continually encouraging and supporting the writer in completing this study his persistence scholarly assistance and great moral support made it pospossiblesiblesibIe for the writer to overcome the obstacles andalidarldarid challenges in completing thithlthis study iii TABLE OF CONTENTS page acknowledgments 0 S iii LIST OF TABLES 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vi chapter 1 introduction 1 jem the problemprobaiememi 0 0 2 delimitations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 limitations 3 2 a REVIEW OF literature 0 0 0 6 5 education among american indians 5 problems and challenges 0 & a 0 10 the birth and expansion of the LDS indian foster placement program 17 theoretical justification of LDS placement program 25 3 methodology 0 e 9 0 0 34 development of the questionnaire 34 description of sample 0 0 0 0 36 field work 0 4pap 0 0 a 0 0 37 404 FINDINGS 0 a 0 0 0 41 49 38 descriptive tables 0 57 analysis of openendedopen ended questions 0 0 0 4waw 97 suggestions and comments for provingInimproving the LDS placement program 0 97 recommendations for improving foster and natural parent relationships 100 iv chapter page awareness of respondents about placement students returning to the reservation and the conse quent tribal involvement 107 questions posed by the respondents on the place- ment program 0 a 0 a 0 & a 110 5 SUMMARY conclusions AND recommendations 114 bibliography t 121 appendixesAPPEND I1 XXE S I1 an evaluation of LDS programs for lamanitesLama nites t fr r a t f t 124 II11 survey abstract and summary of findings by robert dean smith 125 DeclarationiiideclarationIII to the mormon church W spencer kimball 0 V & 126 V LIST OF TABLES table page 1 respondents perceived extent to which placement program breaks up indian homes by occupation of respondents 0 57 2 respondents perceived extent to which placement program breaks up indian homes by years of education of respondents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 58 3 respondents perceived extent to which placement program breaks up indian homes by church membership of respondents 0.0 0 Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 59 4 degree to which native parents see placement as a favorable program by age of respondents 0 0 Is 0 Is 18 0 & 60 5 Degredegreedegrettodegreetoetoto which respondents think native parents see placement as a favorable program by occupation of respondents 0 61 6 degree to which respondents think native parents see placement as a favorable program by years of education of respondents a 0 0 0 a 0 0 62 7 degree to which respondents think native parents see placement as a favorable program by church membership of respondents 0 9 10 Is Q 0 0 63 8 respondents perceived success of the placement program by occupation of respondents 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 viVI tabletabie page 9 respondents perceived success of the placement program by years of education of respondents 65 10 respondents perceived success of the placement program by church membership of respondents 0 66 11 reported amount of information about placement program received by respondents by occupation of respondents 0 0 a 9 10 0 0 16 67 12 reported amount of information about placement program received by respondents by occupation of respondents 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 68 13 reported amount of information about placement program received by respondents by location on reservation of respondents 0O 69 14 reported amount of information about placement program received1r by respondents by years of education of respondents 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Is 0 0 0 0 70 15 reported amount of information about placement program received by respondents by church membership of respondents 0 0 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 16 respondents comparison of placement program with otherocher placement possibilities as best for indian children by occupation of respondents 0 a 0 0 0 0 & 0 0 0 0 & 72 17 respondents comparison of placersPlaplacemspiaplacementcemsnt program with other placement possibilities as best for indian 0 73 vilviiviivil tabletabie page 18 respondents comparison of placement program with other placement possibilities as best for indian children by years of education of respondents 0 0 Is 0 0 0 74 19 respondents comparison of placement program with other placement possibilities as best for indian children by church membership ojof respondents 0 0 10 0 0 0 a 0 40 9 0 0 0 1 75 20 respondents opinion concerning the continuation of the placement program by age of respondents 16 21 respondents opinion concerning the continuation of the placement program bvby occupation of respondents 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 Is 77 22 loss of native culture by placement students as perceived by respondents by age of respondents 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 78 23 loss of native culture by placement students as perceived by respondents by location on reservation 0 9 6 0 0 0 79 24 loss of native culturecul-t ure by placement students as perceived by respondents by years of education of respondents 80 25 loss of native culture by placement studenstudenistudentsI s as perceived by respondents by church membership of respondents 81 26 loss of native language by plaasplacsplacementament students as derceivedperceivedperceivedDerce ived by respondents by age of resDonrespondentsdents & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 27 loss of native language by placement students as perceived by respondents by occupation of respondents 83 allvilviivi ii tabletabie page 28 loss of native language by placement students as perceived by respondents by location on reservation of respondents 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 84 29 loss of native language by placement students as perceived by respondents by years of education of respondents 85 30 loss of native language by placement students as perceived by respondents by church membership of respondents 86 31 sense of cultural pride of returning placement students as perceived by respondents by age of respondents 87 32 sense of cultural pride of returning placement students as perceived by respondents by occupation of 1 88 respondents 0 0 a 0 0 10 49 a 0 0 0 33 sense of cultural pride of returning placement students as perceived by respondents by location on reservation of respondents 89 34 sense of cultural pridpride of returning placement students as perceived by respondents by church membership 90 of respondents 0 0 ad1d G ID 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 35 evaluation of placement program as a valuable educational experience by age of respondents 0 fa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 36 evaluation of placement program as a valuable educational exderience4experience by occupation of respondents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 37 evaluation of placement program as a valuable educational experience by years of education of respondents a 0 93 IX table page 38 the influence of the placement program as an incentive to college aspiration by age of respondents 0 a 0 0 a 0 0 0 1 0 94 39 the influence of the placement program 4 as an incentive to0 o college aspiration by occupation of respondents 0 0 0 1 0 0 95 40 the influence of the placement program as an incentive to collecollegeciecre aspiration by years of education of respondents 96 x chapter 1 introduction ineffective communication between the LDS indian placement program and members of the navajo community has resulted in misinformation and misunderstanding the following statement from a navajo newspaper emphasizes this point in a letter to the editor of the A dinebaa hani december 1 1971 a group of young navajos expressed these sentiments about miss nora begay chosen