nd civil rights of American Indians. For example, many colleges now have Native American Student Associations used to promote awareness of Native American issues on campus among students, faculty and administration. Traditionally, indigenous American people were excluded from the college perspective, but increased consciousness among a younger generation of Native Americans has wrought changes towards a higher awareness, “Over the years, assimilation has been replaced with a conscious decision to change back. Our parent’s generation was raised to say they were not Native Americans. Now this generation embraces their culture and is trying to rebuild it. There is a lot of talk about diversity. The perspective you get most, and the perspective you get at the University, leaves out Native peoples. In order to get our side heard, we need Native professors and new focuses of study, instead of the Eurocentric one” (Schulte 1).
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