Mary Lee, a Cree Elder enumerates the teachings of the 15 poles used to construct a Cree tipi. According to the Cree, the final teaching is about the Control Flaps. “The control flaps on a tipi teach that we are all connected by relationship and that we depend on each other.”

The concluding teaching describes how all of the poles/teachings are bound together; they are interconnected. How does our being a covenantal community relate to the control flaps and the way that the binding of all of the teachings?

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