This study assesses the effectiveness of an educational program in reducing the school drop-out rate of native students. The underlying premises facilitating students ' sense of self-determination, nurturing their sense of self-respect and competence, and allowing for mastery and application of school-based know-ledge in non-threatening real-life situations, would lead to an increase in intrinsic motivation toward school that would translate into increased school attendance. The program blended traditional curriculam with three special projects and was effective in motivating students to attend and remain in school until the end of the year. These results support cognitive evaluation theory and Native education programs which propose that nurturing students ' feelings of self-determination and competence should reduce school drop-out behavior. Cette étude évalue l'efficacité d'un programme d'éducation réduisant le tause d'étudiants natifs qui abandonment leurs études. Soulignant l'assamptian facili-rant l'étudiant à fair face à sa determination, mourrir leur sense de respect de soi-même et l'application base sur la connaissance écolière dans aucune situations