Periagoge
Scenario

When elite education threatens to alienate your child from their culture

My daughter is brilliant and could get into any college but I'm afraid if she leaves for Harvard she'll come back speaking about our own culture like an anthropologist.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very opportunities that could empower indigenous young people to advocate for their communities can also distance them from the lived knowledge that defines those communities.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous seventh-generation thinking?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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