As for my group presentation on American Indian students, I learned about the cultural heritage and learning styles of the group. American Indian children learn their cultural values such as religious practices, beliefs, behaviors, and language from the family and tribal community. The knowledge that their elders and family retain and pass down are valuable to the child because they believe that their cultural values are important for later in their life (Manning & Baruth, 2009). The culture’s religion is based on the belief that, “the world is interconnected and everything, including humankind, lives according to the same process,” (Manning & Baruth, 2009). I learned from Manning and Baruth, that the act of sharing is an important belief within
