Chapter 6 Summary

Chapter 6 begins with a description and brief history of Bernadette Manuelito, or Bernie. Everyone loves Bernie. She was a star softballer in high school, assisted in the biology lab at the university, graduated from the Tribal Police Academy, worked for Jim Chee whom she expects to marry soon, and did a short stint with the U.S. Border Patrol.

Bernie seems to have everything going for her, but today she is glum. Her mother argues that she should not marry Jim Chee, and it is beginning to wear her down. She agrees to talk with Hosteen Peshakai, her Clan Father. She also feels Chee is not paying enough attention to her. His voice messages are too official. He called to tell her that he would be going into the canyon on business, but didn't invite her to go along. She supposes that he...