On page 18, Alexie quotes, “Indians make the best cowboys.” This claim makes sense because of the widespread history of Indians in the reservation with horses. He mixes his fiction story with the real story that most of his audience know. Referencing back to what Luther Standing Bear claims in his autobiography, the more horses an Indian possess in a reservation, the greater one’s status is. Furthermore,
On page 18, Alexie quotes, “Indians make the best cowboys.” This claim makes sense because of the widespread history of Indians in the reservation with horses. He mixes his fiction story with the real story that most of his audience know. Referencing back to what Luther Standing Bear claims in his autobiography, the more horses an Indian possess in a reservation, the greater one’s status is. Furthermore,