An Indian Father's Plea Analysis

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Comparatively, in the passage, Lake, Robert (Medicine Grizzlybear) An Indian Father’s Plea, The father of Wind-Wolf is concerned and worried about how his son will adapt to school,learning new things, and making friends. Wind-Wolf is Indian and was born and raised on the reservations. He was taught how to live on a reservation and how to provide for his family as men at a young age. At school everyone looked at him differently because of his long hair, his name that students laughed at, and how he was “culturally disadvantaged.” They also labeled him as a “slow learner,” because he couldn’t keep up with others. He only knew about the things he was supposed to learn in his culture that would help him in life as an Indian. Wind-Wolf also had

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