Coast Salish Synthesis

The article "Indigenous resistance and racist schooling on the borders of empires: Coast Salish cultural survival" by Michael Marker talks about the Coast Salish people and how they have resisted assimilation through education. The Coast Salish people live in both British Columbia and Washington State. The people had to cross the USA-Canada border regularly for ceremonies and other important cultural practices. The United States and Canada attempted to assimilate the native people into the modern culture with schooling. Schools were set up in order to help blend the Coast Salish people in with the other residents. However, the Indigenous people wanted no part in this. Therefore, the schooling failed at doing away with the Coast Salish culture.