Sara Elaine Violet

A coming of age tale as old as the wild west.

Taken from her father and her people, a young Sioux girl tries to adapt to life among the people of her mother, the 'white eyes'. Bitter, resentful, untrusting, Kimimela finds herself alone in a world where there seems to be no place for her, a half breed child of a warrior and a white woman. As she grows, is there a choice? When the opportunity arises, and she comes of age, will she return to the land of her father's people, or stay with the new life she's tried to build among the whites?

The Savage Ones

It wasn't until after dinner, Rose was sleep and Mamma knitting by the fire, that Frank ushered me gently out to the front porch. We settled in the dusky blue gray of twilight. 


"No. No more secrets. That was the deal." 


"I...I do not know what I want, not anymore." 


"Wind Runner make an offer to you?" His tone was casual but I slanted a look from the corner of my eye. Frank's expression was stiff. 


"Yes." There was no point in lying, so I said it plainly. "He wants me as his wife." 


"And?" His prompt was soft, although a little rough. 


"We argued." I felt it starting again, my throat constricting, hot tears stinging my eyes. "He wants me to forget my white half, but...how can I? It's part of who I am. Isn't that what you've been teaching me for years?" 


Twenty Two