Introduction
1. Overview of Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
2. Contemporary Youth Concerns in Historical Perspective
3. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Development
4. Menstruation, Cosmology, and Feminism
5. Historical Overview of Coming-of-Age Practices
6. Description of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony
7. Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony
8. Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa Puberty Customs
9. Broader Perspectives on Coming-of-Age
Footnotes
References
Index