Museum Indians What are some adjectives used to describe mother’s braid?

-compares her mom's braid as a "sleek black river" but hers as "tiny garden snakes": shows that she thought that she is smaller and weaker because states that "I am only half of her"

-sees her mom as a tall and a true Dakota woman because she says whats on her mind

-"she rises against the sun like a skyscraper"; thinks she's her small shadow and witness because her personality is timid which is different from her mom, 'I can only rage on paper"

-shes her witness--> becomes a writer for her mom's culture

-I can't imagine seeing my mom scared

-calls her home

-"when I draw her in a NB she takes up the entire page"

-feels as though Chicago was given to her by her mom

-mom will tell her why the Picasso painting: blue--> says she relates anecdotes I will never find in books

-narrator says "she feels helpless beside her" because her mom is upset about the grandmother's dress in the glass case and she can't do anything about it

-"my mother belongs in a grand buckskin dress"

-"few things could make my mother cry"--> her mom is a very strong person

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