Mother, Father, sister or brother? Are those the limits to family? Do those simple words encompass all the feelings and emotions drawn forth from our minds when someone mentions family? Indian Horse, written by Richard Wagamese, deals with family in a strong and emotional way. There is no simple way to describe a family. Where can one even start? Sure, everyone knows that by blood your parents and siblings, aunts, uncles and grandparents are all “Family” but is that all? Even by the strict definition of blood relations your family is hard to describe. Parents and grandparents are obviously blood related, but at the same time what if they are married in after you are born? That new man, married to your mother, is he your father? By blood maybe