The
NATIVE

BROTHERHOOD

OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Native

Voice
VOL.

In

NATIVE

its

41st

year

of

publication

INDIAN

16,

No.

August/Sept.

4

1988

EDUCATION

—A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

tion
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