I loved this paragraph, from Ladies of the Canyons (Lesley Poling-Kempes). The year is 1903, and Natalie is Natalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin. I wish we knew the guide's name. She might have avoided giving it to protect the guide from trouble with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The U.S. was at the time attempting to assimilate Native Americans into Anglo-American culture and stop them from using their own language and singing their songs.