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marked tendency for all systems to be anchored at one or more points 

 to Navaho theology and its terminology. 



FINAL REMARKS 



In reflecting on the values of the Ramah Navaho one must always 

 bear in mind the variations as well as the similarities in the situation 

 and culture of this group. Situation varies with age groups; degree 

 of acculturation of one or more members of the family; sheer location 

 (distance from Ramah, Zimi, Atarque) ; and quahty of the land held. 

 The effective culture varies along the lines of sex, generation, and ac- 

 culturation as dependent upon personal experience regardless of age, 

 location, and other factors. Even among closely related families of 

 not dissimilar age composition, living contiguously, Roberts' (1954) 

 microscopic investigation has indicated how many positive and nega- 

 tive differences may exist. 



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