[From article]
To reach students like Watson with higher education aspirations, a growing number of universities are offering programs to recruit and prepare Native American students for a transition to college life that can bring on a wrenching emotional conflict as they straddle two worlds.
Missing culture, family
Many young Native Americans find themselves divided by their desire for a higher education and the drive to stay close to home to hold onto a critical part of their identity. Sometimes, families discourage children from pursuing college, fearing once they leave the reservation they won't come back.
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Few go on to college and when they do, most drop out.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2014/07/22/colleges-seek-native-americans/13030623/
Colleges seek to recruit more Native American students
Krysta Fauria
7:50 a.m. MDT July 23, 2014
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