Indian Elders
Family Traditions in Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Baldridge (0000-0002-2211-2703, National Indian Council on Aging, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1515-1527 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027640121956953 |
| OpenAlex | W1976659175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
Nowhere in the United States do elders enjoy a more revered status than in tribal communities. They are, according to many Indian leaders, our strength, our living heritage, our teachers. They are the keepers of our traditions and the guardians of our way of life. Even the U.S. Congress, in its preamble to Title 6 of the Older Americans Act, describes Indian elders as "a vital resource." If a single common value were to be expressed by the nation's 568 Indian tribes, it might be simply "respect for elders
Preamble · Resource (disambiguation) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Engineering · History · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |