Some of the Results of Residential, and Public Education Upon Native People

Note: Not all of the following issues will apply to each person.
These are the types of challenges many Native people have had to overcome.

Towards me as a Native:

• A sense of shame of being native,
• A sense of alienation from family,
• A sense of helplessness, and/or powerlessness,
• A sense of anger towards authority,
• A distrust of power,
• A distrust of institutions

Towards me as a person:

• An attack on my personal self-esteem,
• A sense of failure, not measuring up,
• A sense that "I am not able to succeed",
• A lack of control in my life,
• A sense of victimization,
• An anger towards schooling,
• An acceptance that in today's society, my children need an education

Question:
How do I, as a parent, deal with these issues
to make sure my children receive the
quality of education they deserve?