some livestock

The people of Quincy were trouble by what they saw

and Snake Hill

Each girl is struggling with her own problems

As he grasps at straws after tragedy strikes his family

Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on Nature Western Fiction some livestockOften spoken at the end of a prayer, a well known Sioux phrase affirms that we are all related. Similarly, the Sioux medicine man, Brave Buffalo, came to realize when he was still a boy that the maker of all was Wakan Tanka (the Great Spirit), and . . . in order to honor him I must honor his works in nature. The interconnectedness of all things, and the respect all things are due, are among the most prominentand most welcomethemes in this collection