Read this excerpt from “the medicine bag.” “my father in his early manhood,” grandpa began, “made a vision quest to find a spirit guide for his life. you cannot understand how it was in that time, when the great teton sioux were first made to stay on the reservation. there was a strong need for guidance from wakantanka, the great spirit. but too many of the young men were filled with despair and hatred. they thought it was hopeless to search for a vision when the glorious life was gone and only the hated confines of a reservation lay ahead. but my father held to the old ways.” what message does grandpa’s dialogue in this excerpt reveal to the reader?

D). Staying connected with one's heritage is important.

Explanation:

As per the question, the message that is being conveyed through Grandpa's dialogue is that 'staying linked to one's heritage is important'. The author uses Grandpa as a mouthpiece to convey this idea that no matter how much one moves ahead/advances in life but one must not forget their legacy and patrimony(as implied by the 'hatred and despair possessed by the youth towards 'Tetox Sioux'(representative of their heritage) that assisted in 'making a vision quest to find a spirit guide for his life'). Therefore, the author unites the entire passage with this idea that it is principal to remain connected to your heritage as it offers you that support and affluence which keeps one intact and united.

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing

i think descriptive but i'm not 100% sure.. sorry.