Recognizing healthy relationships for Native youth

In her sophomore year of high school, CC Hovie, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, thought she had the best boyfriend on campus. He was smart, athletic and earnest.

She introduced him to her friends and family but he didn’t seem to have any friends of his own. Shortly after the two started dating, she started feeling uncomfortable because he wanted to spend time with just her.

“One of the major red flags to me,” she recalls, “looking back on it now was just the isolation.” At the time, she thought maybe this was how serious relationships were, just the two people hanging out together.

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