Characters
What is the full name of our main character
Saul Indian Horse
Where are we introduced to Saul?
Rehab
What is the name of the residential school Saul is sent to?
St. Jerome's Indian Residential School
A person who is the first to do something, such as discovering new paths, technologies or ideas. A pioneer who creates a clearer path for others to follow
A trailblazer
What is Saul's brothers name
Benjamin
Which Indigenous nation/group is Saul from?
Why do Saul and his grandmother go on the run?
To avoid Saul being seen and sent to residential schools
The process of having your culture forcibly removed and replaced with another, more dominant social identity
Assimilation
What is the name of the priest that shows a different attitude to Saul and introduces him to hockey?
Father Leboutilier
The name of the first team Saul plays on
The moose
What does Saul use as a puck when he is first teaching himself hockey?
Frozen horse turds
the systematic, deliberate destruction of a group's culture, traditions, language and identity. Often through forced assimilation or physical violence.
Cultural genocide
What are Saul's parents names
trick question! The book doesn't tell us
What coping mechanism helps Saul mentally escape from the Trauma of St. Jerome's
Hockey
What quality does Saul posses that makes him a standout player
His vision/ability to see the game
BONUS! Black ice question - What is the name of the 19th century league founded in the Maritimes credited with pioneering the slapshot
The coloured hockey league of the maritimes
What is the name of the family Saul is billited with
The Kellys
What town does Saul stay in for his time on the moose?
Manitouwadge
What disease does Saul's brother pass from?
Tuberculosis/the coughing sick
BONUS! Borders by Thomas King - What nationality does the mother and son announce themselves as at the American/Canadian border
Blackfoot