Characters
Name two characters that did not grow up immersed in their culture
What is:
- Opal and Jaquie
- Red Feather brothers
- Calvin Johnson
The gun that is repeatedly brought up is this color
What is white
Besides Orvil, this character also had found spider legs in their leg.
Who is Opal?
Part 1 of this book was called Remain.
Part 2 is titled this
What is Reclaim?
This character used to drive the Oakland Transit bus before getting fired for alcohol-related conflicts
Who is Jacquie Red Feather
A speech sharing stories of loss, substance abuse, and mental health caused Jacquie to almost relapse. In what event did this take place?
What is the "Keeping Them from Harm" Conference?
Blood quantum was introduced in 1705 to do this.
What is: rob Native people of their rights
Define an Interlude
A pause in the plot of the story to share additional context or information
Name three characters that work at the Indian Center
What is:
- Calvin Johnson
- Edwin Black
- Blue
- Thomas Frank
- Dene Oxenedene
Orvil is expected to show up to the powwow in regalia. What other character is expected to do so?
What is Tony Loneman?
This character connects Opal and Dene Oxenedene
Who is Lucas?
A formal meeting for people to discuss and approach a shared topic in community with others. This meeting occurs in a chapter of our book
What is a conference
The Red Feather brothers collected coins from a fountain in front of this establishment to collect money for Indian Tacos.
What is a Mormon Temple
The Emcee of the powwow has these two kids
What is:
- Edwin Black
- Jacquie Red Feathers daughter
Both of these characters' chapters mentioned a yellow house
What is:
- Opal or Jaquie
- Calvin Johnson
"People are trapped in ______ and _______ is trapped in them"
What is History? (Part 3 introduction)
When Harvey is sharing old drinking stories to Jacquie, he shares that he found this figure in the Desert.
What are Tall Whites. Aliens?
This character was recently introduced as an important figure on the powwow committee.
Who is Blue?
Describe Veho
Answers vary
- White man in a spiders body who steals eyes to see
- From an Old Cheyenne story
a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief
What is Superstitious