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Prologue

Reading Check

1. The “Indian Head test pattern” (Prologue)

2. Thanksgiving (Prologue)

Short Answer

1. They are the generation of Indigenous Americans born in cities. (Prologue)

2. Assimilation was supposed to happen since Indigenous people were removed from their people and their land. (Prologue)

Part 1

Reading Check

1. His identity as an Indigenous person (Part 1)

2. A documentary (Part 1)

3. A protest (Part 1)

4. He pretends to be his mother (Part 1)

Short Answer

1. She views him as a medicine man whose appearance is different because he is different on the inside. (Part 1)

2. He wants Tony to help him rob the powwow in Oakland. (Part 1)

3. He might feel torn because he is half-white, half-Indigenous. (Part 1)

4. The quote symbolizes how traditional Indigenous homes and communities were destroyed so that cities could be built. (Part 1)

Part 2

Reading Check

1. Edwin’s mother’s boyfriend (Part 2)

2. Phoenix (Part 2)

3. Powwow regalia (Part 2)

4. Dene interviews Orvil and his brothers for his documentary project. (Part 2)

Short Answer

1. He has no choice; he owes Octavio money. (Part 2)

2. She chooses to spell Lony, Loother, and Orvil unusually so that they would be different (Part 2)

3. He explains in this section how blood quantum was used to allow or deny rights to Indigenous individuals and that it can be difficult to trace back one’s ancestry. (Part 2)  

4. He thinks that too many stories about Indigenous Americans are set on reservations. (Part 2)

Part 3

Reading Check

1. The US Postal Service (Part 3)

2. Danny (Part 3)

3. Jacquie Red Feather (Part 3)

Short Answer

1. He sees that Sixto is remorseful for his actions. (Part 3)

2. He had an irregular heartbeat. (Part 3)

3. The medicine boxes symbolize a connection to ceremonial healing. (Part 3)

Part 4

Reading Check

1. A deep-fried flatbread (Part 4)

2. Visa gift cards (Part 4)

3. Daniel (Part 4)

4. Tony (Part 4)

Short Answer

1. He’ll ask them, “What does being Indian mean to them?” (Part 4)

2. Students could say either that Opal doesn’t want Orvil to know that she knows he’s been practicing his dance in secret or that she doesn’t want them to realize how much these traditions mean to her. (Part 4)

3. He might meet his father. (Part 4)

4. She decides to pray so that Orvil will survive. (Part 4)