The sky in the west was full of pale yellow light. Louise stood outside with her hands in the pockets of Leon's green army jacke
t that was too big for her. The funeral was over, and the old men had taken their candles and medicine bags and were gone. She waited until the body was laid into the pickup before she said anything to Leon. She touched his arm, and he noticed that her hands were still dusty from the corn meal that she had sprinkled around the old man. When she spoke, Leon could not hear her. Which detail in this excerpt indicates that Leon and his family still carry out traditional Pueblo practices
