If there was ever any doubt that culturally focused education contributes to student and overall success, this story of a graduating class might just convince you that incorporating traditional values, culture, language and identity is the most important factor in a vision of the future for First Nations communities, not this so called "progress" that is continually shoved down our throats, leading us further and faster down the path of outright assimilation.
A community member perspective...
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Learning/experiencing culture is a good thing.A powerful thing and sometimes invokes fear for some people. Learning about history, assimilation and understanding where each person is in the colonizing-decolonizing process is also important.
ReplyDeleteEverybody is at a different point in that journey. Assimilated, traditionals, born-again traditionals, lost ones and universal types...all exist in Rama...and on Earth for that matter ; )
Inspiring article.