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    The decline in delinquency, violence, disobedience, and truancy seen in the Cherokee children is quite predictable, and I doubt it has much to do with increased parental supervision. The lack of money is a powerful factor in the lives of many parents, increasing spousal and child abuse. It is this variable (frequently getting hit) that […]

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  2. Poor Relations: Casino windfall reveals poverty’s toll on Cherokee kids’ behavior

    A study of Indian families before and after they began receiving an annual financial windfall supports the theory that poverty undermines psychological health, at least among children.

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  3. Paleontology

    Fossils of Flyers: Bones tell why Atlantic albatross disappeared

    Ancient albatross fossils suggest that rising sea levels 400,000 years ago wiped out the North Atlantic population of short-tailed albatross.