What are the narrator's attitudes in the first section of "Blue Winds Dancing"?

There is much in the first section about the narrator’s
attitudes. We learn that he is both homesick and "tired," that he has serious doubts
about the values of the white culture, that he reveres Nature, that he seeks a release
from the pressure to achieve, that he resents the feelings of inferiority of his role as
an Indian, that he values and prizes the personal closeness of life at home, and that he
is willing to endure hardship because of his beliefs. He is rejecting white dominated
civilization as a result of the personal, unhurried, aesthetic, and passive values of
his home, together with a profound sense of identification with the home as a physical
place. The major antagonist in the story is the set of values of the white culture, but
there are other antagonists, such as the cold weather and the sadistic threat of Denver
Bob. There is also an inner conflict that develops when the narrator nears home. This
conflict is manifested in self-doubt and worry about being received by family and
tribe.