Real life connections
Literary Lens
Fun Facts
From the Book
100

Natural resource being protected

What is Water

100

The literary lens this book was viewed with

What is Post colonial lens

100

The number of indigenous tribes in MN

What is 2 tribes

100

The author’s name

What is Carole Lindstrom

200

The cultural groups covered in the book

What is Indigenous 

200

The year this book likely toke place

What is 2020

200

In indigenous beliefs, water connects what

What is Everything

200

The illustrator’s name

What is Michaela Goade

300

The black snake refers to..

What is Pipeline

300

The forseen consequence from colonization

What is The Black Snake

300

About what fraction of rivers/streams in the US is polluted

What is nearly half

300

How Nokomis describes water to the main character

What is The first medicine

400

The black snake of 2015

What is Keystone XL Pipeline

400

How do they work to prevent harmful changes to their land post colonization

What is Protesting

400

The number of federally recognized indigenous tribes in the US (you can be 20 off)

What is 574 tribes

400

Who they fight for

What is those who cannot fight for themselves

500
The percentage of indigenous households in America without clean water

What is 48% of households

500

How colonization can change cultural identity (3/4 things for points)

What is Language, food, clothes, and spiritual practices

500

How many indigenous tribes in North America

What is over 1,500 tribes

500

Fill the blanks: “We stand with our ____ , and ____. We are _____.”

What is Songs, Our drums, Still here

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