What are the motifs in Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache by Keith H. Basso?

Chapter four focuses on the Western Apache conception of wisdom and it explains the title of the book. Wisdom, for the Apache, is not a set of known propositions about, say, ultimate matters. Instead, wisdom is a virtue of the mind. Specifically the Apache's describe being wise as having a "smooth" mind that is both "steady" and "resilient". Smooth minds think clearly with ease. Mental resilience bars external distractions and mental steadiness blocks internal distractions. A mind that is both steady and resilient is smooth and can walk the path of life effectively.