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The Double Divide: Deaf and Native

Deaf Natives who live on isolated reservations, said Judy Cummings Stout (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina), can often “live between two cultures,” marginalized from mainstream America because of their Native identity and also marginalized within the Native community because of their hearing loss. However, fully acculturated deaf Natives, she says, are “comfortable communicating and interacting […]

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