Traditionally, Aboriginal children were mainly educated in the community, where children imitated adult activities and learned their culture by listening to elders and sages. It was the Europeans who created schools where missionaries taught the children to read, write and understand the Christian religion. Later, the goal of the residential schools was to assimilate Aboriginal children, wiping out their cultures.
In the 1970s, among other demands, Aboriginal people asked the government to allow them to run their own schools so that they could teach their languages, history and worldview according to their values. Today, most of the schools on the reserves follow programs prepared by the community, which make room for the language and culture of the Nation.
However, there is still work to be done because students in Aboriginal schools that need help (e.g. remedial teacher) have a hard time getting it, and the schools do not have much money for projects and activities.