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Montana writer and poet Jennifer Greene was teaching college students before she got her first real look at the history of the Flathead Reservation and how her ancestors, the Bitteroot Salish people, came to live there. In her fiction and poetry — including this story — she often puts herself in the place of those ancestors, recreating their voices.

Jacqueline Jordan Irvine is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University. Her specialization is in multicultural education and urban teacher education, particularly the education of African American students. Her books include Black Students and School Failure, Growing Up African American in Catholic Schools, Critical Knowledge for Diverse Students and Culturally Responsive Lesson Planning for Elementary and Middle Grades.