Carol A. Markstrom is a professor in the Department of Technology, Learning, and Culture in the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University. She is the coauthor of The Adolescent Experience, fourth edition, and Adolescent Life Experiences, third edition, and has authored numerous scholarly works on adolescents and American Indians.

Carol A. Markstrom is a professor in the Department of Technology, Learning, and Culture in the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University. She is the coauthor of The Adolescent Experience, fourth edition, and Adolescent Life Experiences, third edition, and has authored numerous scholarly works on adolescents and American Indians.

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