Word: moccasin
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Atencio brushed the dust off the toe of a moccasin-sensible footgear, the color of bare earth after rain-and in the doing he seemed to dismiss the impertinence. He continued gently, "If you are sitting in church praying and someone knocks at the door, what happens to you? That is what we are talking about...
...desk slip out of my hands; its full weight tumbled down on Ron, taking him totally by surprise. Down the stairs he rolled, limb over limb, flailing and silent; the desk mashed his head against a corner of the wooden rail, ripped his expensive IZOD shirt. A docksider moccasin flew off his foot. Bleeding from the mouth, he pulled himself up in a huff. He fetched his docksider and put it back...
...pose a few hazards, however. In Florida Bartram went through one hurricane so strong that huge liveoak branches flew about in the air as if they were mere "leaves and stubble." Bartram also records that he has met venomous snakes: the "bastard rattle snake" and the "large and horrid" moccasin, which has a bite that is "always incurable." He has seen wolves, bears and wildcats too, but to date the only creature that has actually threatened his life is the Florida alligator...
Most of the employed Indians work for the Federal government, or farm. The soil there is almost worthless-much of it is clay-and the land is used primarily for grazing. The remainder of the Indian workforce labors at the moccasin factory, a depressing blue building located outside Pine Ridge...
Sunbell Corporation, an Albuquerque, N.M., company, owns the moccasin factory. White men own most of the businesses here, leasing the land at cheap prices from the Indians. Most of the land has been leased, so the Oglala have little control over the reservation's 2,778,000 acres...