Mayan And Brazilian Indians

             Aside from being at a disadvantage like one another, the Mayans and indigenous peoples from Brazil have the same problems coming up day after day. Victor Montejo touched a little bit on education in the Mayan world so did David Price in his book, Before the Bulldozer. Montejo said that the only way he ever had the chance to get an education was by volunteering to go to a boarding school. Victor ultimately decided on going, but first sacrifices had to be made. His mother had to pick up the slack from the chores that Victor was going to miss out on doing, which she decided to do in order for her son to become educated. Once at the school many of Victor's friend didn't like the school and left. School was a culture shock for them and probably was too much to handle for many of the them, so they just quit. Victor was reluctant to quit and eventually went on to become a very accomplished individual.
             As David Price mentions, the Nambiquara tribes in the Brazilian Amazon have a difficult time become educated as well. Price talks about schools that were set up for the Indians that were being taught by very inexperienced teachers. These teachers weren't experienced enough to teach in their own language, never mind trying to teach to Indians that have a totally different way of life.
             Education is a step that needs to be accomplished in order for all of these indigenous peoples to have a chance in equality. Without it the groups will never be able to succeed as individuals or as a whole. Until they learn arithmetic and learn basic reading and writing, they will continue to get robbed, cheated and mistreated socially.
             Knowing that the Mayans and various indigenous groups in the Amazon are at a major disadvantage, there are people and organizations that are trying to help out in various ways. A major contributor that Price mentioned was the World Bank. The World Bank is an international organization that was started to replenish Europe after World War II, but since has taken over the role of funding many of the world's projects for development of third-world countries.