# American Indian Stories — Character guide

> Key figures in American Indian Stories by Zitkála-Šá.

- [Blue-Star Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/blue_star_woman.md): Blue-Star Woman has spent years rehearsing her disappointments to officials who never confirm the facts of her identity, leaving her landless and weary. When her two nephews offer to untangle her riddle, she agrees to th
- [Tusee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/tusee.md): Tusee sits upon her feet beside her mother, braids curving over her ears like little horns, and springs up again whenever her father repeats the refrain of his dance song. Her childish faith that grownups can do anything
- [Chief High Flier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/chief_high_flier.md): Chief High Flier stands among the leaders whose word carries weight in the community, a figure the young narrator watches with the awe reserved for those who hold the tribe's trust. His wisdom is practical rather than sh
- [Dawée](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/dawee.md): Dawée moves through the stories as a young man of the Dakota whose life is being reshaped by forces he did not choose, from the loss of land and water to the pull of white schooling and law. He carries the weight of his 
- [Judéwin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/judewin.md): A friend or relative of the narrator during school days.
- [Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/mother.md): She walks to the muddy Missouri morning, noon, and evening for water, her full lips pressed into hard lines when sadness overtakes her, yet she smiles through tears and urges her daughter to run. She prizes the child's w
- [Thowin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/thowin.md): A character mentioned in the context of family or community.
- [The Great Spirit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/the_great_spirit.md): The supreme deity in Sioux spirituality, often invoked.
- [Cousin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/cousin.md): A cousin of the narrator, appearing in childhood memories.
- [Uncle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/uncle.md): The narrator's uncle, a figure in her early life.
- [Warca-Ziwin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/warca_ziwin.md): A character associated with nature and traditional stories.
- [Ohiyesa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/american_indian_stories_se/characters/ohiyesa.md): A historical Sioux name referenced in the narrative.

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