In this article, the author discusses what Native students have to say about teachers and good teaching. In an interview with the teachers of Native students and the students themselves, the teachers emphasized the importance of tapping students' intrinsic motivators--their need to feel self-determined, to satisfy their natural curiosity, to receive feedback, to feel competent, to express themselves, and to imitate, while the students identified two broad categories of attributes of good teaching--teaching characteristics and personal characteristics of teachers. The author describes the teaching characteristics and personal characteristics of effective teachers.