ABSTRACT
The experiences of Indigenous peoples in the institutions have not always been positive, with many institutions through history seeing one of their roles as encouraging or mandating assimilation into the wider non-Indigenous society. One point to make on Indigenous-specific education is that, in addition to formal education settings controlled by Indigenous communities, there is much education (or learning) that takes place outside of any formal institution. One form of Indigenous-specific school that does appear to be viewed positively among many Indigenous families is the Maori boarding school system. However, there is also a sizable proportion of Indigenous students who desire forms of informal learning or formal Indigenous-specific institutions, either as a complement to, or supplement for other institutions. More recent iterations of education institutions specifically for Indigenous populations do not appear to suffer from these flaws, and it is worth reflecting on them with the Human Capital Model in mind.
