Sal is traveling across the northern plains with her grandparents. They are on their way to Idaho to see her mother. Along the way, Sal tells stories about her friend Phoebe, who still lives in Ohio. In Chapter 12, “The Marriage Bed,” they reach the western end of Minnesota. Gramps takes a detour to visit Pipestone National Monument. They get to see Native Americans carving the special pale red stone that is quarried in the area. Sal has Native American roots; and this is really the only time in the book that she comes into contact with Indians who are not directly related to her. She and her grandparents smoke and pass around a peace pipe. Gramps buys two of them in the gift shop: one for him, and one for Sal.
“It’s not for smoking with,” he said. “It’s for remembering with.”
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