the influence of self-identity on the types of agricultural practices used by farmers. In my

study if a farmer identifies him/herself as a traditional farmer, then he/she may use

farming practices that reinforce this identity as a traditional farmer.

 I explore American Indian farmers' self-identity as it relates to being a traditional

farmer. I encourage farmers to provide a definition of what constitutes being a traditional

farmer. It is not my aim to determine what the agreed upon view of traditional is. My

aim is to understand how farmers identity themselves in relation to being a traditional

farmer. It will be challenging to measure farmer's self identity as being a traditional

farmer because what is viewed as traditional differs among farmers. The manner in which

I measure it may not truly capture what each farmer means by traditional.

 Numerous studies incorporate self-identity into the TPB (Jackson, Smith, &

Conner, 2003; Fekadu, & Kraft, 2001; Pierro, Mannetti, & Livi, 2003). When self-

identity is incorporated into the model, significant relationships exist between an

individual's self-identity, the intention to use a behavior. Pierro, Mannetti and Livi's

(2003) research shows this relationship. They conducted two independent studies to see

the effects that identity can have upon people's intentions to attend Latin American dance

classes and purchase low-fat food. The results from both studies show that the identity

variables are significant and independent predictors of intentions to perform the behavior.

They increased the explanatory power of the TPB. However, the variables associated

with the TPB overall explained more of the variance in intentions then the identity

variable. I incorporate self-identity as an extension to the theory of planned behavior to

determine how it may influence American Indian farmers' use of TAP.