In November 2001, elders, youth, educators, culture bearers, and community members came together to speak from within their own experiences about the critical issues and challenges facing Native people in the 21st century and to envision the positive thinking required for future generations. This proceedings documents 34 oral presentations and serves as the text for a curriculum package distributed to Native high schools and tribal colleges. The forum and resulting community education are intended to support Native communities' self-determination and nation-building within the context of indigenous intelligence. Participants gave personal and often spiritual testimonies to future generations that conveyed stories of growth and development, assessment of Indian world realities today, and experience-based advice in the areas of education and socialization, land and economy, governance and leadership, health and reproduction, and psycho-spiritual. The presenters were Dagmar Thorpe, Jim Dumont, Darrell Kipp, Janine Jemison, Renee Gurneau, Ryan King, Migizi Pensineau, John Mitchell, Jim Enote, Ferrell Secakuku, Sherry Salway Black, Clayton Brascoupe, Tom Cook, Ella Mulford, Shawn Mulford, John Mohawk, Wilma Mankiller, Charlie Soap, Keller George, Tonya Gonnella Frichner, Maehkiwkesec El-Issa Washinawatok, Katsi Cook, Birgil Kills Straight, Debra Harry, Angaangag Lyberth, Debra LaFountaine, Richard Montague, Sherri Mitchell, Tom Porter, Janice Longboat, Pemina Yellow Bird, Michael Arredondo, and Teresa Lynch. (SV)