ABSTRACT
Historically, education among Indigenous peoples in North America was characterized by what would be considered today as experiential learning followed by authentic assessment. The whole environment was used as a “classroom.” Children would observe their elders as they went about their traditional ways. They would then practice away from the adults to learn how to fully perform a task. They would wait until they felt competent before demonstrating what they had learned to an adult (Pewewardy, 1994).
