Noble Moore Character Analysis

Noble Moore was Mary’s grandfather, Louise Flood’s husband, and Mary’s mother’s stepfather. Bill Moore, Noble’s son from a previous marriage, eventually married Mary’s mother. Mary describes Noble Moore as “as good and sober and caring as his son was the opposite.” Mary loved her grandparents, who raised her and her siblings with care and kindness. They lived in poverty, which is common on Native American reservations, as they are under-resourced by the U.S. government. But Mary staunchly believes that living in poverty with Native American relatives who loved her was better than a potentially wealthier childhood with white strangers who would force the children to assimilate to white culture.