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|image = [[File:SndmnsisterSandman's Sister Infobox Manga.png|{{ImageSize}}]]

|alias = "She who dances with the leaves"<ref name="QuarterlyS2005" />

|family = [[Sandman's Parents|Unnamed Parents]]<br />[[Sandman]] {{S|brotherYounger Brother}}

|gender = Female {{Gender|Female}}

|nation ethnicity = Native American {{Flag|USA}}

{{Nihongo|'''Sandman's Sister'''|サンドマンのお姉ちゃん||Sandoman no Oji-chanOnēchan}} is an unnamed tertiary character featured in the seventh part of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series, ''[[Steel Ball Run]]''.

She is the older sister of [[Sandman]], who hopes that by winning the [[Steel Ball Run (raceRace)|Steel Ball Run]] race, willhe'll earn him the money to buy back their ancestor's land.

She's a young woman of average height and build. She has dark, long hair with two light bangs hanging in front of her face. Her clothes are made of natural Native American materials, such as wooden bangles and necklaces.<ref name="QuarterlyS2005">{{INT|Quarterly S (June 2005)}}</ref>

Sandman's sister is a traditionalist who strongly adheres to her tribe'speoples’ values and beliefs. She disapproves of [[Sandman]]'s interest in the white man's books and culture, seeing it as a betrayal of their tribecommunity. She is strict and protective of her younger brother, scolding him and severely beating him for going against the tribe'stheir customs.<ref name="SBR1">{{Ch|SBR Chapter 1}}</ref>

Sandman's sister is skeptical of the white manAmericans and is quick to assume the worst when discovering an [[Gyro Zeppeli|outsidersoutsider’s]] tracks near the village.<ref name="SBR1" /> Much like other members of her tribecommunity, she also shares a narrow-minded perspective on theher tribepeople's way of life and is resistant to change. Having grown up with Sandman, she wishes nothing more than for himthe two of them to peacefully return to the village; however, when Sandman reveals his plan to leave the village and enterwin the [[Steel Ball Run (raceRace)|Steel Ball Run]] race, she's taken aback. Nonetheless, she offers Sandman a keepsake from their parents to help him enter the race.<ref name="SBR4">{{Ch|SBR Chapter 4}}</ref>

It's implied that, unlike her brother, Sandman's sister is illiterate and unable to read.<ref name="SBR1" />

When theher tribepeople discovers thediscover books in her brother's teepee, they hunt him down to scalp him. Sandman escapes using his [[In a Silent Way|Stand]] and is found by his sister, who scolds him for reading the white man's books and demands he apologize to the tribechief. She then proceeds to beat him for his actions but does not try to kill him like the warriors that chased him there. Sandman tells her that understanding the enemy's culture is necessary for their survival and shows her strange holes in the wasteland, which he suspects were made by the [[Gyro Zeppeli|white man]]. HeSandman tells her tells that he plans to leave the tribevillage and participate in the [[Steel Ball Run (raceRace)|Steel Ball Run]] race to win enough money to buy their ancestors' land.<ref name="SBR1" /> However, like the rest of theher tribepeople, she does not understand, or at least is not willing to understand, that thethey tribe needsneed to adapt to the changing times to survive. Before Sandman entering the race, Sandman's sister offers him an emerald belonging to their parents so that he can afford to pay the entry fee.<ref name="SBR4" />

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