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Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy of the Respecting the Circle of Life program (RCL) among Native American youths 11 to 19 years of age residing in a rural reservation community in the southwestern United States. Methods. Between 2016 and 2018, we conducted a randomized controlled trial of the RCL program with 534 Native youths. Participants completed assessments at baseline and 9 and 12 months after the intervention. We conducted intention-to-treat analyses based on study group randomization. Results. At 9 months, intervention participants had significantly better condom use self-efficacy (P <.001), higher intentions to use condoms (P =.024) and abstain from sex (P =.008), and better contraceptive use self-efficacy (P <.001) than control participants, as well as better condom use (P =.032) and contraceptive use (P =.002) negotiation skills. At 12 months, intervention participants had significantly better sexual and reproductive health knowledge (P =.021), condom use self-efficacy (P <.001), contraceptive use self-efficacy (P <.001), and contraceptive use negotiation skills (P =.004) than control participants. Intervention participants reported significantly more communication with their parents about sexual and reproductive health than control participants at both 9 and 12 months (P =.042 and P =.001, respectively). Conclusions. The RCL program has a significant impact on key factors associated with pregnancy prevention among Native youths and should be used as an adolescent pregnancy prevention strategy. Trial Registration. Clinical Trials.gov identifier: NCT02904629. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(10): 1874–1884. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306447) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]