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Characters in Three Day Road (Niska's father (Windigo killer (Killed…
Characters in Three Day Road
Niska
Sad but admirable native
Follows the "old way"
Semi-"wild"
Medicine woman
escaped from residential school
raises Xavier and Elijah
seen as a windigo killer by her people
considered a witch or a impure child because her period started during winter and not spring.
Xavier Bird
Raised by aunt Niska
Traditional background and upbringing
Speaks little English
left the residential school with Niska
Narrator
More sensitive
feels sick when he kills for the first time
disgusted by Elijah's addiction to killing
he's a good shot
Confused about the war (beginning of the book)
addicted to morphine because he has his leg blown off
Elijah
Cocky
Arrogant
addictions
killing
Wants to scalp his victims to prove how many kills he has
Starts to brag about his kills
Feels that he was born to kill and that it was what he was meant to do
Becomes addicted to morphine
nicknamed "Whiskey jack" by officers
Niska's father
Honorable
Windigo killer
Killed the young mother and her child who became windigos after eating her husband
Leader
Knowledge bearer
chief of his clan
knows how to make decisions for survival even though it isn't right considering their beliefs.
Died in the cell block that he had been brought to after kiiling the windegos
Thompson
Befriended by Elijah
teaches Xavier and Elijah to be snipers