I heard that J.K. Rowling screwed up the American wizard school system...
namely the Native American aspect of it, so I had some IDEAS!
I’m thinking there would be multiple regional schools in the contiguous United States: the Northeast, the South, the Midwest, the Mountain region (Colorado, Montana, Wyoming area), & the West (Cali, Oregon, Washington). Students can transfer to schools other than the one in their region, if they want to. Canada and Mexico each have at least 1 school. Hawaii has its own school, and Alaskan wizards usually go to Durmstrang or a Canadian school. And finally, there’s one school just for Native American wizards: LADIES & GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT...
The Native American Academy of Magic
Located in Oklahoma, where most Native American tribes were forced to relocate over the years, this school is exclusively for witches and wizards of Native American heritage.
Students learn alongside others from their own tribes, taking classes in their tribe’s magical arts, as well as learning their tribe’s language/dialect and traditional culture. In this way, young witches and wizards not only learn magic but also preserve their culture for future generations.
Some exchange/overlap: Where some tribes have similar mythologies and beliefs about magic, classes may be combined.
Students can also take classes in another tribe’s arts, with the permission of that tribe’s professors.
Classes frequently travel by Portkey to the traditional land of a tribe: ex. Iroquois students take field trips to New York, Crow students visit the Yellowstone River valley, etc.
Non-native students may attend the Native American Academy of Magic only with special permission, as part of an exchange program. They are called Visitors.
This is restricted to older students, mostly 10th-12th grades (a.k.a. 5th-7th years). These are almost always advanced, talented students who tend to be interested in philosophy, world history, and/or anthropology.
Visitor students may choose either an overview or focus curriculum
Overview is based on the difference between Native American approach to magic and Old World approach, covering the basics of Native American techniques in a broad, encompassing manner.
With a focus curriculum, professors of a specific tribe examine a student’s personality, beliefs, philosophy, etc. and accept that student into their tribe as a Visitor. The student will then take the same classes as students from that tribe.
******NOTE: Upon graduation, a Visitor student does NOT become a member of the tribe with which he/she studied. They leave only with greater knowledge of and friendship with natural-born members of that tribe.*******
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