Additionally, Oshmito knows that Ama will have to answer to a judge and also to the old Taiga people. Oshmito was reluctant as she was in a courtroom that she didn’t trust. However, she was sworn in to tell the truth although she “can’t say the real truth; [she] can only say the facts” (127). It’s interesting because at this point, Oshmito makes the decision to not tell the real truth however she’s not exactly lying. The most important trial however is with the old Taiga people. This is where things change for her and Ama. She feels like a foreigner because she has not completely accepted her tribe. Here again she dabbles with the idea of the “truth” but still hides an important account to the story. She says, “But I will tell the truth, all
