A preferences scale based on four types of learning preferences was employed to determine which preference would be indicated most frequently by a selected group of Native American adolescents. The pattern-symbols preference was selected by the majority. When the group was divided by sex, it showed the females were more evenly divided in their learning preference than the males. Suggestions are made for teaching activities which would be compatible with the preferences indicated by the majority of males. The key factors indicated where a preference for smallgroup activities that allow for personal interpretation of the subject in a cooperative rather than competitive learning environment.