How did Teofilo live his life on the reservation in the story, The Man to Send Rainclouds?

Teofilo was a fiercely independent man. He adhered to both the new and old ways: he wore mainstream American clothing, but also wore his white hair long in the traditional Indian manner and still believed in the old ways. He made new moccasins for the ceremonial dances in the summer and was not keen on going to church.