160). When boarding schools were introduced, the staff did not take into account that our language and culture were different from theirs. They labeled us stupid, passive and with learning difficulties just because we didn't understand their language and lifestyle. Not only was this a problem during the boarding school era, but it is still a problem in schools today. The dominant society doesn't want us to use our language, it wants to have control over us minorities. When my grandfather attended Wingate High School he was placed in SPED only because he failed the English test administered. He spoke Navajo fluently and was labeled stupid for not understanding what was being said