Story Development
Story Development
Vocab
Parts of an Essay
100

This character escaped the Sand Creek Massacre

What is Jude Star

100

Richard Henry Pratt used his experience from this as inspiration on how to run the first Federal Indian Boarding School

What is Indian Prison?

100

This was a substance composed of opium and alcohol, sold over the counter at drug stores 

What is a Laudanum/Tincture 

100

A Introduction paragraph should include these three things 

What is a hook, background information, and a thesis?

200

Name two similarities between Orvil and Sean 

Both Native, both hospitalized and medicated for major injuries 

200

This was a place where Urban Indian people in the city of Oakland could get together for resources and cultural programs 

What is the Friendship center? 

200

This is the effort to remove cultural identities and become an "American" 

What is Assimilation?

200

You need three of these in your essay; one to begin each body paragraph. They should be connected to your thesis. 

What are Topic Sentences? 

300

This character had a dream about being stuck inside a horse, and eating it from the inside out 

Who is Orvil?

300

This was a symbol used throughout the book, starting with one characters name. 

What is STAR?

300

A ceremony brought up from Mexico and shared with many Native people. Promised to heal people of addictions, trauma, etc. 

What is Peyote? 

300

The MOST important sentence in your entire essay. Often what we begin with when outlining our essay. 

What is a thesis?

400

Jacquie's long lost daughter 

Who is Blue? 

400

Describe what character traits one of the boys inherited from their ancestors; Jude, Victor Bear Shield, Charles, Opal, or Vicky. 

Answer varies 

400
The process by which the government encouraged and paid for Indian people to move to big cities. Opal and Vicky both used these programs. 

What is urbanization/Relocation programs

400

When giving evidence, these are two things you MUST do.

What is lead into your quote, and cite the page number? 

500

Describe the box of writing What is in them? Who wrote them? And which characters inherited them? 

Charles Star wrote stories he remembers of his family, Cheyenne stories, his time at Carlisle, and his travels. 

These were taken by his wife, Opal, given to Vicky, then left at the friendship center where Opal Viola Victoria Bear shield later found them. 

500

Describe why Jude Star had to disappear 

After ceremonies were outlawed in the US, Jude became a cop. Although against the law, he attended Bear Shields ceremony and discovered agents ready to shut it down 

500

The act of taking over a place. What Vicky took her daughters Opal and Jacquie to participate in on Alcatraz. 

What is an Occupation? 

500

Describe what role evidence plays in your essay/ What is it for? Why do we use it? 

What is to support our claims made in the thesis and topic sentences?

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