Coast Salish

It is a shame that the schools are trying to take away the Coast Salish's cultural identity. There should be some way of finding a happy medium, so that the people can get an education and still remain unique. These people have done nothing to harm anybody yet the school systems want to take away something very near and dear to them. This is just cruel and unusual. More needs to be done to make sure these docile people don't get taken advantage of now and in the future. I think it would be pretty easy to find a method of schooling that would allow these people to remain the way they have been since the beginning of their existence. I find it pretty unique that the Coast Salish people travel back and forth between Canada and the United States to attend various ceremonies. Both of these countries need to stop trying to make these people assimilate into their standards and just let them live their lives. Diversity is important and essential for societies to flourish and survive.