Fleur

"Fleur" by Louise Erdrich was a story a little hard for me to grasp. I did not understand if it was Native American folklore or if the story holds some historic reference. Fleur seems to have a spiritual dilema in which she is a very beautiful girl but needs nor wants a mortal man although she does bore a child at the end of the story. I believe Fleur has supernatural powers inherited through her bloodline as the story tells us, "Power travels through the bloodlines, handed out before birth". Fleur could possibly have blood flowing through her veins that comes from powerful ancestors and her "powers" may be used in order to get some sort of reprieve for her people or her justified revenge on "outsiders".