Written Language One of the most profound and everlasting
technologies that Europeans introduced to Native life was written
communication. Native people passed on their history, culture and
technology through physical examples, role models, drawings, and by oral
histories.
Some European fur traders knew how advantageous it was for their
Métis children to have an education, and in some instances sent them to
England. Mission schools taught reading and writing, with vocational and
religious themes as the main emphasis. Education was and still is a path
to freedom and self-sufficiency. Many Métis leaders, such as Michel
Callihoo, Adrian Hope, and James Brady recognized and championed
literacy as an important key to obtain political, financial, social, and
vocational equality for their people.
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