Interlude
The location of the Powwow
Where is Oakland?
What is to rob the cash prizes?
Calvin is supposed to be working as this for the Powwow
What is he is an intern?
The first person that Dene records for his storytelling project
Who is Calvin Johnson?
Harvey refers to this city when talking about how cold and moist it is after he wakes up from drinking
What is San Francisco?
Powwows were originally created for this reason
What is as a place for Native people to meet and celebrate their culture?
Tony expiriences this when thinking about going through with the robbery
What is doubt?
This person is the head of the commitee at the Powwwow
Who is Blue?
This happened to Calvin the first time he went to a powwow at Laney College
What is he got robbed?
Harvey sees these two people when he wakes up from being drunk
Who are two freakishly tall white guys with white hair?
The narrator gave these reasons for organizing and gathering at Powwows
What is to bring people together, tell stories, celebrate the community, listen to old ways, and share experiences?
Tony buys his bullets here, then stores them and hides them here(two different places)
What is he buys them in South Dakota and then stores them in a sock and throws them in the bushes?
Calvin tunes Dene out for this reason
What is he is attempting to introduce himself?
Calvin feels this when talking about being a Native
What is he feels like he doesn't have pride because he believes he hasn't experienced enough of the culture and doesn't understand the history?
Jaquie realizes this when listening to Harvey's story and how it connects to others when they tell their stories
What is that people love to talk about the most dull things as if they are exciting and captivating?
Take note of the quotation on 136 about “Indians from eight different tribes with quarter-blood quantum requirements and so not federally recognized Indian kinds of Indians.”
This signifies what about the Powwows.
What is that while the powwows are meant to be celebrating culture, they can never be fully happy because of the trauma, violence, and discrimination that was experienced in the past?
He does or doesn't expirience enough doubt to go through with the robbery
What is he doesn't?
The importance of the characters meeting one another and interacting
What is this is the first time they're together, which ties together the story thus far and creates a connection between different pasts?
This connection was made between Calvin and Dene regarding their family lives
What is they both grew up without a father figure?
Jacquie loves this quality that she possesses, howwever Harvey is the polar opposite and is constant
What is silence?
These are the structural disadvantages and problems that the narrator goes into on what Native people face every day
What is that white people in the community use ignorance as a tool to live off of these problems, causing them to never be fixed?
This feeling is why Tony is going through with the plan to rob the Powwow
What is a disconnect from his culture and identity?
Calvin struggles to talk about what he brings to the Powwow for this reason
What is because he feels that he isn't contributing, and that he is surrounded by people who are taking the time and effort to present and educate themselves?
Dene feels this about what it means to be a Native and expresses it to Calvin
What is understanding that being a native is more than just blood, but the history and culture that goes along with it?
Spiders represent this in the lives of Opal and Jacquie
What is both a home as well as a prison?