Thirty-five percent of the Native Americans who reach high school fail to graduate in four years. Many others disappear from school before ninth grade. Indian kids may not succeed because they are made to feel different. He says racism in schools is most often subtle and covert. But then, there certainly is the overt racism.
Indian culture is seen as one key to reducing racism.
Minnesota's Department of Children, Families and Learning provides this curriculum guide for all public schools, to assist them in teaching about Indian language and culture. View a sample. CFL's Office of Equity National Indian Education Association Cradleboard Teaching Project, founded by Buffy Sainte-Marie Native American Indian Resources Ahern says American Indian families value education but hold little trust in public schools. This attitude may well be history at work. In their first experience with institutionalized education, Indian children were sent to boarding schools and separated from their families.