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Schooling the World

The White Man’s Last Burden

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it forced Native American children into government boarding schools. Today, volunteers build schools in traditional societies around the world, convinced that school is the only way to a ‘better’ life for indigenous children.
COLONIALISM IMPERIALISM EDUCATION INDIGENOUS RIGHTS MISEDUCATION RECOVERY

But is this true? What really happens when we replace a traditional culture’s way of learning and understanding the world with our own?

SCHOOLING THE WORLD takes a challenging, sometimes funny, ultimately deeply disturbing look at the effects of modern education on the world’s last sustainable indigenous cultures.

Generations from now, we'll look back and say,
"How could we have done this kind of thing to people?"

Native American children kidnapped by US settler-colonialists and imprisoned in reeducation camps -- euphemistically called 'Indian Schools'.

Native American children kidnapped by US settler-colonialists and imprisoned in reeducation camps -- euphemistically called 'Indian Schools'.

By Carol Black

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Published: Jun 27, 2026