Montana 1948
...the story, they would have never figured out that her husband’s brother was raping Indians girls. The Indian girl would only talk to the mom, and she would refuse to talk to anyone else because she feels uncomfortable around the other family members and doesn’t trust them as much she does with the mom. Len is the next-door neighbor and he is a close friend to the mom’s husband. He protected the mom and her family when she was in trouble with her husbands father. He also defended the dad when he was in trouble. He also saw the uncle going into the house and if he didn’t see him going in the house, they wouldn’t be able to accuse him of raping and killing the Indian girl. Marie is another minor character in the book. She is an Indian girl who was living with the family. She got sick and the mom had to call the doctor. But Marie refused to see the doctor. She was afraid to be alone with him. The doctor tried to touch her but she kicked and screamed. She asked to speak to the mom and told all the bad things about the doctor. Marie told the mom that the doc...