Indigenous resistance and racist schooling on the borders of  empires: Coast Salish cultural survival

This article was about the indigenous residences who live on the USA and Canadian border. The people have to cross the border often for ceremonies and special events. Both the USA and Canada do not know how to address the issue because the civilizations have been there way longer than they the countries have. Both governments built schools and boarding schools for them to attend. This being said, the indigenous people did not choose to attend the schools, they instead went to their own schools and did their own thing. The governments also tried to make them go to public schools with other citizens but the indigenous people are choosing to do their own thing. As much as I think they should follow what everyone else is doing, in a way I do not believe this. Since they have been on the same land for much longer and they have certain customs that they would like to follow they should be able to do their own thing. This doesn't mean that there should be an open border, because I do not believe in that at all. They should be able to do what they want within the country, and when it comes time to cross they border, they should have to do so the same way everyone does.