Everything you need to understand or teach The End of Old Horse by Simon J. Ortiz.
"The End of Old Horse" is an excellent example of the understated, precise verbal control that Simon J. Ortiz wields in his fiction. Principally known as a poet, Ortiz has worked in all forms of literature since the 1960s. His stories tend to illuminate the subtle emotional forces at play in brief, supposedly inconsequential moments.
Ortiz was raised on the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, and most of his writing reflects this fact...