Letter To Wind-Wolf Research Paper

Dear Mr. Lake, I have been teaching for two years and Wind-Wolf seems to be doing good in some parts of the class he just needs to work on reading. He is shy and quiet like the other Indian children in the classroom. I believe that Wind-Wolf has already been through quite an education compared with his peers in Western society. He has attended sacred and ancient White Deerskin Dance of his people and is well-acquainted with the cultures and languages of other tribes. “He has played with abalone shells, pine nuts, iris grass string, and leather while watching the women make beaded jewelry and traditional native regalia.” “He has had many opportunities to watch his father, uncles, and ceremonial leaders use different kinds of colorful feathers and sing different kinds of songs while preparing for the sacred dances and rituals.” …show more content…
“He can probably count more than 40 different kinds of birds, tell you and his peers what kind of bird each is and where it lives, the seasons in which it appears, and how it is used in a sacred ceremony.” “He is not fluent yet because he is only five years old and required by law to attend our educational system, learn our language, our values, our ways of thinking, and our methods of teaching and learning.” It takes time to absorb and reflect on these kinds of experiences, so maybe that is why I think Wind-Wolf is a slow learner. You realize he may be slow in grasping the methods and tools that I am now using in my classroom, one is quite familiar to his white peers, but I will be patient with him. It takes time to adjust to a new cultural system and learn new things. I believe that Wind-Wolf has already been through quite an education compared to with his peers in Western society, but he also knows that some eagles may only have twelve tail feathers, or seven, that they do not all have the same