As the symbol of the spotted cattle represent the Native Americans that have traditions and adapt to the White culture, the deer is another symbol for just that. The spotted cattle isn’t the only animal that symbolizes something in this novel, “The spotted cattle are not only physical hybrids they are also spiritual hybrids. They have the bodies of livestock but their spiritual essence is deer/antelope, the primary large game animal(s) of the pueblo people for thousands of years” (Sausan, 370). Most of Silko’s descriptions of the spotted cattle incorporate a deer simile. The concern of these animals has significance on cattle as a spiritual hybrid of deer. The deer are privileged, it’s important that the appropriate ceremonies are achieved
