Setting
This is the city where most of the characters live and where the Big _______ Powwow takes place.
What is Oakland?
This is the internal conflict that Tony faces because of his facial deformity and low self-esteem.
What is shame?
He is the father of Jacquie’s daughter and Harvey’s son, who he meets for the first time at the powwow.
Who is Edwin Black?
This is the reason why Tony agrees to participate in the robbery, despite knowing that it is wrong and dangerous
What is loyalty to Octavio?
This is the event that happens at the end of Part II, when Tony sees a woman being attacked by a man outside a bar.
What is intervening and killing the man?
This is the island where Opal and Jacquie participated in the Native American occupation in 1970.
What is Alcatraz?
This is the external conflict that Dene has with his cousin Orvil, who accuses him of being a fake Indian.
What is identity?
He is the cousin of Dene and Orvil, who helps them set up their booth and regalia at the powwow.
Who is Calvin Johnson?
This is the reason why Dene wants to collect the stories of other Native Americans living in Oakland.
What is honoring his uncle’s legacy?
This is the event that happens at the beginning of Part III, when Orvil notices something strange in his leg while practicing his dance moves.
What is finding a spider crawling out of his leg?
This is the state where Jacquie works as a substance abuse counselor and where she meets Harvey again.
What is New Mexico?
This is the internal conflict that Jacquie has with her addiction and her guilt over giving up her daughter.
What is recovery?
She is the mother of Opal and Jacquie, who died of a drug overdose after leaving Alcatraz Island.
Who is Vicky Red Feather?
This is the reason why Jacquie decides to go to Oakland with Harvey, despite her resentment and mistrust of him.
What is meeting her grandsons?
This is the event that happens in Part III, when Jacquie attends an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and runs into someone from her past.
What is meeting Harvey again?
This is the neighborhood where Dene grew up and where he interviews people for his storytelling project.
What is Fruitvale?
This is the external conflict that Opal has with her sister Jacquie, who she blames for abandoning her and their mother.
What is resentment?
He is the uncle of Dene, who inspired him to pursue his storytelling project and left him his camera.
Who is Lucas Oxendene?
This is the reason why Orvil wants to dance at the powwow, despite his great-aunt’s disapproval and his own insecurity.
What is feeling connected to his culture?
This is the event that happens in Part III, when Dene sets up his storytelling booth at the powwow and interviews his first participant.
What is recording Edwin’s story?
This is the place where Tony meets Maxine, a woman who helps him cope with his condition and gives him a job.
What is Indian Center?
This is the internal conflict that Orvil has with his curiosity and fears about his Native heritage and culture.
What is indigeneity?
She is the woman who Tony meets at the Indian Center, who gives him a job and a place to stay
Who is Maxine?
This is the reason why Calvin joins the powwow committee, despite his involvement in the robbery plot.
What is following his passion for music?
This is the event that happens at the end of Part III, when Opal goes to visit her sister Jacquie at her hotel room.
What is reconciling with Jacquie?