Pointing out some of the similarities and differences that were incorporated into "Good Trade" .

• The hair braids show not only a contrast of style, but in execution.  The French braid is tight, and braided with perfection, as opposed the looser, less ridged style of the Native braid, a metaphor that also portrays the opposing cultures. This is also conveyed in the dress style, with the ruffles of the petticoat compared to the organic leather and rawhide.
• A priceless comfortable friendship, non-judgmental and accepting, provides you the freedom to take your shoes off. The imagination can forward your mind to the “tightly laced, hard-soled, my toes want to wiggle, my feet are hot, and I wish I had moccasins like yours”, reminding us of the rigid structure that accompanied our European ancestors of that era.
• The most prized of luxuries, their baby dolls, contrast only in the rendering.  The cloth Raggedy Anne style, with hair of twisted yarn, parallels to the one made from rawhide, beads and horsehair, and accessorized with a cradleboard.  These relics, certain to have been created with tenderness and devotion, from each of their respective grandmothers, were a tradition followed by both cultures.