from Luke Oines

I learned that Indian Education has a long and complicated history. Although there may have been some good intentions for assimilation, reduction of prejudice, and equal opportunity, the results were less than glorious. One of the most poignant comments I read expressed the fact that while students may have done well in the "white man's world," they had become useless hunters and woodsmen.
This expresses the irony of cultural colonialism: to make a "good Indian" is to recreate a person who is a second-class citizen in both worlds. Relating to pedagogy, this brings me to a personal question of value: How can I teach students to be successful in both their home culture and a collegiate/scholarly culture. School always = a sort of change. As educators we need to evaluate what sort of transformations we want to see in our students.