rapacious merchants

they have their share of squabbles and fights

The Soul of the Indian draws on his childhood teaching and ancestral ideals to counter the research written by outsiders who treated the Dakotas' ancient worldviews chiefly as a matter of curiosity

Ortiz observes

the numbers and concepts found in Native cultures occur and are expressed in many distinctive ways

She Had Some Horses fiction rapacious merchantsFirst published in 1983 and now considered a classic, She Had Some Horses is a powerful exploration of womanhood's most intimate moments. Joy Harjo's poems speak of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love.