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A Review of the Acculturation Approach in Anthropology with Special Reference to Recent Change in Native Alaska

The author attempts to do three things in this paper. First of all he examines and tries to answer recent criticisms of the acculturation approach to culture change. After deciding that the acculturation approach is useful for the examination of certain change domains (intergroup relations and historical trends), he introduces the term transculturation as a means of describing seemingly acculturative techniques utilized by modern subordinate ethnic groups to partially resist acculturation trends and to gain a more secure position in pluralistic societies. The concept is then illustrated through an examination of a recent political movement among Alaska Native peoples.