Being forced onto the reservations have minimized the economic opportunities to Native Americans but they do not let the amount of money determine their worth. In The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor, Alexie Sherman describes the relationship between Jimi Many-horses and his wife Norma. In this chapter, the couple is pulled over by a police officer who is determined to make a profit off the Natives or else he will take advantage of his power by arresting them. Not having any other option, Jimi and Norma begin to give him their money but directly fight against the officer by giving him their money will lose change. This act, of course, then upset the officer, so he throws the money back at them and proceeds with his day. It is important
