Native American Connection With Nature

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Connection with Nature Native Americans have a remarkable connection with nature. They see and hear things that common white man would not. The trees and the birds communicate with them to show them signs for their benefit. This connection is depicted in the books The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter and Walking the Trail by Jerry Ellis. In The Education of Little Tree the connection to nature is taught to Little Tree by Granpa and Granma. Living in the mountains, these Native Americans relied on nature to survive. The grandparents taught Little Tree the different signs provided by nature; they used these signs when planting and harvesting their crops. “If you lay a broom sedge crosswise on a watermelon and it just lays

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