"I don't think it matters what I think, I"m not a Christian, let them have their Jesus." P.141 He then states the very provocative "Jesus was a fag." P.142 Although the two men are of the same race, they disagree with each others religious viewpoints, as Sid does with his own daughter so much that it costs him his relationship with her. In the last story, One Good Man, Sweetwater breaks his usual silence to exclaim to his friend, Wonder Horse, that "Jesus was a carpenter." The two Indian men considered themselves good carpenters, but the statement had a different effect on each of them. Sweetwater was interested by the thought, and he decided that he now had certain similarities with the son of God. Wonder Horse, however, was disturbed by the idea, and argued that he could not have been a good carpenter. He tried to make himself superior to Jesus rather than his equal. Again, two men of the same ethnicity can have entirely different ideas of God and religion. If nearly all people have faith of some kind, there shouldn't be distinctions of any kind. In Saint Junior, the every Indian in the tribe sang the mythical 49's and each and every one of them had their own meaning for the songs. "They all sang because they understood what it meant to be Indian and dead and alive and still bright with faith and hope." P.153 Religion has nothing to do with skin color. It may be caused by upbringing in a way, but all in all, each person has their own set of beliefs, regardless of their race.
Like faith, love has very little to do with race. One may be attracted to people of a certain culture, but actual love can cross the color boundaries. In Indian Country, Low man had been in love with Tracy, a white woman, since college. The problem was not her ethnic group; Low Man would never be romantically loved by her because she was a lesbian. He had told her how he felt about her and he had even kissed her once, although he knew that his love was not returned.