Indian Horse

Indian Horse

Explain the qoute and why? they are significant in the story. “But the press would not let me be. When I hit someone, it wasn’t just a bodycheck; I was counting coup…If I inadvertently high-sticked someone… I was taking scalps… When I did not react… I was the stoic Indian" (95).

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Here again Saul is reduced to racialized troupes of Indians. He is pigeonholed and stereotyped for playing hockey like any other of the players. Saul thinks maybe he should just live up to what is expected of him by the white world.