Friday, November 13, 2009

Chapter 10 Education (Richard Pendleton)

The Native Americans have gone through their ups and downs with education. Once the whites came around they wanted the Native Americans to convert to christianity and have them adopt the non-american ways. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions came and started to educate the Native Americans. The Native Americans were not doing well compared to the non-indian students with attendance, grades, graduation and drop outs, but they have been getting better and better as the years pass. They also have been able to control education today and are provided with many educational programs, such as the BIA, U.S. Department of Education, The Office of Indian Education of the Minnesota Department of Education, and others. The Native Americans are also being encouraged to be educated and also to be known in school districts; also they are being helped along through the education process to become successful.
The Native Americans have gone through a lot to get to where they are today with the help of all the services from the state and federal programs, which I believe it has helped a lot. Many of the Native Americans back in my hometown have been succeeding and graduating, which in the past, not many graduated. Also, the elementary school, middle school, and the high school have a room where the Natives can come together and learn about their culture and just to hang out, which non-natives are also welcome. I hope the Native Americans continue to succeed and prove to people wrong about the stereotypes that they have created towards the Native Americans.

1 comment:

  1. I definantly agree Richard. While the dropout and graduation rates look bad in comparison to White students, you have to look at who the schools are catered to as well; the Whites. American Indian graduation rates have improved, and that's something promising. It is still off in terms of where they need to be, but American Indian students are definantly headed in the right direction.

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