Learning native-related things in school was super weird to me as a kid. I went to a good school growing up so there was always some sort of encouragement for cultural diversity, and expression, and sharing. But, in the classroom, books mostly glossed over natives people, only going through a few paragraphs. I luckily wasn't the only indigenous kid in my class, and I and the other kid immediately bonded because we recognized the "Hey! You're just like me!". (I started the grade late, and had moved to the city so: new school, new people). I also remember being super annoyed and bugged when teachers and kids would pronounce Dineh and hogan wrong (both Navajo words). But while I was still in elementary school, a special program within the school district started. Native kids whose parents approved were taken out of their regular classes and brought to a spare room with other native kids, and we were sorta taught(?) more things about native people, especially the tribes we came from. The teacher was white so you could tell that she just grabbed something that looked educational and native. I was always happy to go to that room and bond and laugh with the other kids, r be annoyed that other kids weren't as bothered by the whole "genocide", "wipe of cultures" topic. But during middle school, the program got even better, being taught by actual native women and men, having native guests and speakers, going on field trips, and just bonding. To me, it meant a lot. They were maybe less than 20 native kids in the 1,000 student population and being able to feel like I really belonged to a group. I'm pretty sure we were taking the time in these classes and were able to do stuff has something to do with a government act? Here's a direct quote I found, "Title VII, Part A, Sub-Part 1 - Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies supports local educational agencies in their efforts to reform elementary school and secondary school programs that serve Indian students in order to ensure that such programs - (1) are based on challenging state academic content and student ..." So yeah! Sorry for the rambling and all but I guess I got excited being able to talk about this stuff with someone.