Museum Indians What are some adjectives used to describe mother’s braid?

-compares her mom's braid as a "sleek black river" but hers as "tiny garden snakes": shows that she thought that she is smaller and weaker because states that "I am only half of her"

-sees her mom as a tall and a true Dakota woman because she says whats on her mind

-"she rises against the sun like a skyscraper"; thinks she's her small shadow and witness because her personality is timid which is different from her mom, 'I can only rage on paper"

-shes her witness--> becomes a writer for her mom's culture

-I can't imagine seeing my mom scared

-calls her home

-"when I draw her in a NB she takes up the entire page"

-feels as though Chicago was given to her by her mom

-mom will tell her why the Picasso painting: blue--> says she relates anecdotes I will never find in books

-narrator says "she feels helpless beside her" because her mom is upset about the grandmother's dress in the glass case and she can't do anything about it

-"my mother belongs in a grand buckskin dress"

-"few things could make my mother cry"--> her mom is a very strong person

Explanation:

I think maybe Sleek black might be one

Noun:   a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things  common noun, or to name a particular one of these  proper noun. 
adjective :   a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as  sweet,  red, or  technical.

plural definition. the grammatical category in  nouns, pronouns, and verbs that refers to more than one thing. most  nouns  become  pluralwith the addition of -s or -es: hats, chairs, dishes, countries, and so on. some  nouns  form the  plural  in other ways, as in children, feet, geese, and women.