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On a Montana reservation, schools favor whites over Native Americans

The faint scars on Ruth Fourstar’s arms testify to a difficult life on Fort Peck Indian Reservation — the physical and emotional abuse at home, the bullying at school, the self-harm that rotated her through mental health facilities and plunged her from the honor roll to a remedial program.

A diploma from Wolf Point High School could be the teenager’s ticket out of this isolated prairie town. Instead, she sees her school as a dead end.

https://www.salon.com/2018/12/29/on-a-montana-reservation-schools-favor-whites-over-native-americans_partner/

 

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