The Seventh Generation: Native Students Speak About Finding the Good Path

Bergstrom, Amy; Cleary, Linda Miller; Peacock, Thomas D.

ISBN 10: 1880785250 / ISBN 13: 9781880785256

Published by Eric Clearinghouse on Rural, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Seventh Generation: Native Students Speak About Finding the Good Path
• Publisher: Eric Clearinghouse on Rural
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1880785250
• ISBN 13: 9781880785256
• Binding: textbook
• Condition: New
• Weight: 24 ounces

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Synopsis

This book is based on interviews with 120 Native youth from across North America. Written especially for today's Native middle and high school students, the authors share students' stories of life's challenges and their struggles to find and stay on the Good Path. They focus especially on how students developed strong Native identities; coped with troubles in their families, communities, and schools; reached their breaking points or responded resiliently to high-pressure situations; learned to appreciate their own intellectual gifts and abilities; and met the academic and social challenges they encountered in school. Interspersed throughout the book are short fictional "teaching stories" meant to illustrate common dilemmas faced by Native youth and how the characters responded.