1. Wind-Wolf's aunts and grandmothers taught him to count and know his numbers while they would sort out materials and designs to make baskets. His father also taught him how to count as they sorted out rocks that were used in the sweat lodge. While in class Wind-Wolf was taught to watch and study the change in nature, and that their were 13 months according to his culture because there were 13 moons, 13 planets in the solar system, and 13 feathers on a "perfectly balanced eagle."
2. In Wind-Wolf's family everything is valued to them. The basket that Wind-Wolf was strapped into was designed to provide Wind-Wolf with the type of knowledge that he will need to survive in his culture and environment. He has been doctored in numerous healing ceremonies by men and women from diverse places. Wind-Wolf has also attended the sacred and Ancient White Deerskin Dance where he is well acquainted with the culture and language of other tribes. Everything Wind-Wolf, his family, and tribe do are valued and everything has a meaning behind it.
This is all true and well-reviewed. Let's relate Wind-Wolf home's culture (Native-American) relate to Delpit's notion of "The Culture of Power" in schools. Do Wind-Wolf culture and his school's culture match? Is what he knows and how he learned it valued? Why or why not and what in the text tells you so?
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