Today my class and I read some poetry and we discussed what the writer was trying to tell us. We read two poems, the first one took a little bit of thought, but the class caught on quickly to what the writer was trying to say. The second one took us a little bit longer to figure out. The writer was writing about the impact her ancestors had on her. Through her writing you quickly learned that her ancestors were Native Americans. This quickly started up some questions in the class, as to if people still live in teepees like the writer was writing about in her poem. I said, "yes."
Kateri asks, "Can you visit them?"
"Yes, many of them will invite people to come on their reservations and experience some of their culture."
We have a few minutes of questions and answers, until I finally get this question from Celine.
"Ms. J., I'm trying to understand, but why do the Native Americans not live in teepees anymore and stay in hotels?"
"Who said they live in hotels?"
"Well you said they live in a reservation, you know how when you stay at a hotel and you have to give a reservation?"
I laugh to myself and then explain to Celine what a reservation is.
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