the four mystery-solving cousins set out to catch those responsible and help protect Windy Lake’s reputation

Guided internally by his deep connection to his late grandfather

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

Veering back and forth between the grittiest features of a small arctic town

Ortiz observes

She Had Some Horses fiction the four mystery-solving cousins setFirst 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.