Answer:
preparing dinner
object of a preposition
Explanation:
In <em>very simple words</em>, gerunds are nouns (that end in -ing). As nouns, they can function as subjects and objects depending on their position in the sentence.
Parallelism I’m pretty sure because it’s talking about the same things, which is how they felt.
This is perhaps in part due to my pedantry, and inpart due to advancing age
The answer is:
The medicine bag is a symbol of the family’s heritage and American Indian roots.
A medicine bag is a small pouch worn under the clothes by Native Americans, which usually contain personal sacred elements that represent prosperity and ancestral identity.
In the excerpt from "The Medicine Bag," by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Grandpa is weak and believes he is going to die soon, so he intends to continue the family tradition of passing the medicine bag to the eldest male child, Martin.
