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"I knew what he was thinking: She's an Indian - why would she tell the truth?"

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‘She was close to six feet tall.’
'She had a wide, pretty face and cheekbones so high, full and glossy I often wondered if they were naturally like that or if they were puffy and swollen. Her hair was black and long and straight.’
David about Marie, page 25

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"No! I don't need no doctor!"

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Marie’s role in the novel is more complex than simply being Frank’s victim. She influences David and evokes strong responses from Gail and Wesley. Note her impact on David and compare Gail’s attitude to Marie with that of her husband.

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“The next day, Monday, August 13, 1948, Marie Little Soldier was dead.” Pg.86

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‘...but no one knew all three of these people better. And no one loved them more.’ David about Marie, Wesley and Gail in the Prologue

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“She (Marie) didn’t say why. My guess is she’s never been to anyone but the tribal medicine man.” Pg35

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She falls ill with pneumonia, but refuses to see a doctor.  They calls David's uncle, Frank against her wishes, and Gail is concerned by how afraid Marie seems. Marie tells Gail that Frank is a well-known sexual abuser of Sioux women. She is presumed to be murdered by Frank shortly after her disease seems to improve.

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Marie is a vibrant Sioux woman with a great sense of humor whom David loves deeply. The Haydens consider her a member of their family, yet she sleeps in a servant’s room off the kitchen even though there is a free bedroom upstairs.

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The Hayden’s housekeeper earns David’s loyalty and love through her generous and non-judgemental nature

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“And I loved her. Because she talked to me, cared for me....Because she was older but not too old.... because she was not as quiet and conventional as every other adult I knew...Because she was sexy, though my love for her was, as a twelve-year-old’s often is, chaste” Pg 25-26