This document provides guidelines on best practices for mentors so that they might improve their cultural competence as they work with Native American youth; it discusses success stories, challenges, cultural norms, and advice for recruiting mentors and things to consider when matching them with mentees.
This guide is for those working with mentoring programs that serve Native communities or youth. The resource aims to increase the cultural competence of mentoring practitioners and mentors for working with Native youth. It contains recommendations for mentoring practitioners for enhancing cultural competence in their work with Native youth. It includes information about cultural norms and cross-cultural communication as well as tips for training and retaining mentors, with specific information about training non-Native mentors.
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