Canada has legions of strong Indigenous voices, yet our educational system fails many of our Indigenous students. A comparison of Metis, First Nations and Inuit high school graduation rates to non-Indigenous students in Manitoba shows significant disparity. Reasons for leaving school are complex, and disengagement with education can generate adults vulnerable to low income realities. Broadly recurring challenges include diversity of Indigenous communities, communicating and understanding new curriculum, transitioning existing classroom practice, authenticity of presenters, necessity of expert knowledge, problematic textbooks, meaningfully incorporated material, assigning value to Indigenous programming, and navigating a multicultural framework. Evolving education to include Indigenous perspective better serves all students and our larger society.