To get to your destination, you need to know where you are coming from.

An increasing number of Indigenous scholars and educators are attempting to fit their studies into the mainstream university and educational setting, some with a great deal of success, others with sad comments of disenfranchisement and disap­pointment. It seems that the more clearly we articulate just what an Indigenous perspective is, and the more clearly our world view is expressed, the more difficult it is to be understood and accepted in a hierarchical setting.