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The Medicine Bag Pros And Cons

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In this essay, I’m going to be talking about 2 stories. One of them is called “The Medicine Bag” It’s about a family where a boy named Martin, his grandpa passes down a tradition called the medicine bag. The other story is about a apache tribe where a girl named Dachina pursues to become an apache woman. Even though these stories might be similar, I’m going to say the differences about them both, and the pros and cons about the text and the video. There are many similarities and differences between the Apache tribe and the Lakota. To begin, one similarity between these stories is that they’re both about traditions. The tradition in The Medicine Bag is that Martin’s grandpa is passing down what is called the “Medicine Bag.” Martin’s grandpa

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