There was indeed input from Native Americans but has to know where to look. One famous example, shown below, was given in June 1744 to the College of William and Mary in response to their invitation that the Six Nations send twelve boys to the school: "Sirs, We know that you highly esteem the kind of Learning taught in those Colleges, and that the Maintenance of our Young Men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinc'd, therefore, that you mean to do us Good by your Proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different Nations have different Conceptions of things; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our Ideas of this kind of Education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some Experience of it. Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take Care of their Education; instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them." IF I recall correctly, the source is housed among the special collections at the College of William and Mary, but it can also be found in printed books, such as "Letters of a Nation" by Andrew Carroll or "Touch the Earth" by T.C. McLuhan. Swem's index also lists names of some of the Indian students at the College of William and Mary if anyone is interested- here are a few of the names listed for the years 1754 and 1755 - Gideon and John Langston, Charles Murphy, John Montour, William Squirrel, and John and Thomas Sampson. [See vol. 6 of "William and Mary Quarterly," first series, No. 3, p. 188; vol. 1 of ditto, 2nd series, No.1, pp. 32, 35, 36, 38, 39.]