Rayonna's Ride

Rayona’s Ride by Michael Dorris is short story about a young women’s search for her identity and a sense of belonging. The main character of this short story, Rayona a young woman of Native and African American descent has faced many hardships and obstacles in life due to her mixed heritage and felt that she would never belong anywhere. Rayona’s idea of finding where she stood in the world was to find her mother. She felt that once she found her then she would find a place where she belonged.
The Indian Rodeo in Havre was the turning point for some of the changes in her life. Her main reason for going to the rodeo was to find a connection to her mother. But once at the rodeo, Rayona was reacquainted with people from the past some of which she wished to never meet again. One of t...