Oona learned how to cut deer hide, thread kernels of corn, pick peppermint plants, and how to place a fish trap (43). Ondag taught Oona how to pick blueberries, and how to harvest rice (47). When Oona’s family moved to the new village, they were told that they must send their children to school (68). The children would be sent to the big village, to live with other Ojibway children (68). The teachers were white strangers, and some of them did not care about their students (117). The teachers wanted the Ojibway children to change their ways (117). In the Mission school, children were required to attend church (117). Children were also taught to forget their past, and the Ojibway beliefs (124). In comparison, Little Tree also learns at home from his grandparents. Mr. Wine taught Little Tree about addition, subtraction, multiplication, and how to tell time (163). On the other hand, Rayona moved from one place to another, and changed public schools often (27). When Rayona lived with Aunt Ida on the reservation, she attended Mission school …show more content…
Forrest Carter is a segregationist, politician, and novelist (Clayton). Forrest Carter faked an autobiography, The Education Of Little Tree, in which he portrays himself as a Cherokee Indian (Richman). In The Education Of Little Tree, Forrest Carter tells a story about an orphaned boy, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandparents (Clayton). His grandparents teach Little Tree how to hunt, and how to survive in the mountains. Little Tree also learns about Catholics, politicians, and the ways of the white businessmen. By reading this book, readers think that Forrest Carter accepts all kinds of people. The irony of Forrest Carter is he was a Ku Klux Klan organizer, and he wrote George Wallace’s inaugural speech (Clayton). A famous line in that speech is “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"