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When education turns your children against tradition

My kids go to school where they learn that science explains everything, and they're starting to look embarrassed when I talk about the old stories and ways of knowing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Western educational systems often undermine indigenous epistemologies by positioning them as inferior to scientific rationalism.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — Pacific?”

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