This is the United States. I remember being really depressed for the rest of the day and my mother noticing how depressed I was and saying we needed the food. Commodity food is generic food cans that aren't particularly appetizing. The school curriculum also caused Sherman to question the history he was being taught. The curriculum was the same as any school, even on the reservation.
Nobody tells our story.
The only thing I knew about the history of Indians was we fought, we lost. That was the extent of it. The entire history of Indians in most textbooks is summed up in one paragraph. Little Big Horn. It does nothing to explain the incredible diversity between tribes and the complicated, incredible civilizations we had before Columbus showed up and the incredible things we've done since and all the amazing things we've done to survive.