The short stories “Half Breed Girl in the City School” by Jo Whitehorse Cochran and “Museum Indians” by Susan Power use tone and metaphors to explore the theme that dominant cultures can threaten the integrity of minority cultures. “Half Breed Girl in the City School” is about a girl that struggles with assimilation and bullying at school. Her grandmother does not want the girl to assimilate because she wants her to hold on to her culture and be proud of it.
“Museum Indians” is about a young girl and her mother. The young girl looks up to her mother and sees her as the greatest. The mother struggles with assimilation and learning to live in a different place. She had moved from her tribe in