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Why choosing cultural connection feels like economic sacrifice

I moved back to the reservation to raise my kids with their culture, but the schools are underfunded and I worry I'm limiting their futures for the sake of my own healing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Systemic disinvestment forces parents to choose between cultural rootedness and material opportunity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous identity and land?”

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