The variables communication skills, state anxiety, communication apprehension, and level of integration are studied in relation to the assimilation of Alaskan Natives into a western-culture university. Specifically, the differences in communication skills between the two cultures and their effects on course grades are addressed. Results of the statistical analyses (ANOVA, MANOVA, discriminant function analysis, multiple regression) were not significant, most likely due to the small Alaskan Native sample size. The most significant relationship appeared between situational communication apprehension and the ethnicity of the interaction partner. Other results were directional, indicating that variables may be related to assimilation of Native students into a western university environment. Further research and replication is warranted, using an adequate sample of Alaskan Natives.

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Holiday vistiors in the state are Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Wein, Fairbanks, Alaska and children, Ken and Gail Wein. They have been houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Oliver, 1500 Wilshire, and will visit in other Oklahoma cities before returning home thursday. Ken will return to the University of Miami, Corla Gables, Fla., where he is a student. Mrs. Wein is an aunt of Mrs. Oliver."