The unemployment rate for Native Americans is 49% nationwide and 54% in Arizona. The Job Training Partnership Act (JPTA) program at the Phoenix Indian Center trains Native American adults to enter the urban work force. The Center offers work orientation programs, individual counseling, and work experience programs. The majority of the participants are from reservations and have come to the city to find employment. Cultural differences make acceptance into the work force difficult: (1) Native Americans are typically quiet and lack assertiveness; (2) they show respect by averting their eyes when communicating with others; (3) they are not bound by the same time constraints as Anglos; and (4) they are not motivated by the acquisition of material goods. Many Native Americans drink and use marijuana or peyote, possibly a sign of their social discontent. The paper suggests that programs such as the one described hold the key to the unemployment problem. She recommends that Native Americans run these programs and that such programs teach participants to function in a bicultural society. (KS)