From the point of view of grasslands-grown generations of settler society, chapter 5 (“‘Old Woman Who Never Dies’ and Old Man’s Garden”) explores race relations with Indigenous people, from reflections on childhood experiences, of Lakota and Métis presence, for example, to adult interactions through work and shared interests, such as in Mandan and Arikara agriculture and the history, wildflower folklore, and aesthetic traditions of Blackfoot, Piegans, and Bloods. Shared interests in the ecology of native grasslands habitat frequently promoted positive interactions and friendship. Attitudes, however, ranged from complete silence and little acknowledgement of racist assumptions to sincere if flawed attempts at understanding the situations of contemporary Indigenous peoples. While some members of this generation adopted new ideas about cultural relativism, others showed a persistent ingrained racism based on nineteenth-century thought about the so-called hierarchy of races.