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U1: Personal Narrative, U3 -Realism, U5 - Legends and Myths, U4 - Oral…

- - - - Immediacy;
        strong connection to narrator's thoughts, sensations
    - - Shocking reveal to reader on Owl's mother's alcoholism
      - Excludes omniscient (adult) narrator's analysis
  - - - Positive mindset, innocent, fun-oriented
      - Emotional, but resilient
        
        Cries when she tumbles & drops blueberries in front of Mom
    - - collectivist, communal sense of family
      - interwoven experiences w/ diff members
- - - - Persevere/resilience to survive
      - Collective sacrifice of lame father w/ scarce food available
      - Following spirit guide (Marion's dad)
        
        Find food caches in the snow
        
        Warning to NOT to eat caribou liver/heart
        
        Led to blindndess
- - - - Desolate mood
        
        e.g. hunting territory as "wild and lonely place, endless miles"
      - Appreciation of beauty in nature
        
        e.g. "a place of awe-inspiring thunderstorms, mystical sunrises and spectacular sunsets”
- - - - Corrupt mistreatment from counsellor - not telling James he had to report for gardening work (infraction)
      - Minority "honkies" (white)
    - - feelings of alienation, uncertain identity ("Apple" - red but white inside)
        
        Internalized hate for own kind, learned about Indians from white people
  - - - Adoption
      - Incarceration
        
        Moved to Sask. to find roots, but found pimping/drugs instead
        
        Tried to rehab to honest living (post-jail)
      - Indian status discrimination
      - Educated, intelligent
        
        Died on street due to alcohol/drug use influence
    - - Tyman was non-status, but still affected
- - - - Physical abuse
      - Heavy drinking/ drug use + selling
  - - - exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action
  - - - Dad
        
        Will
  - - - Relationship w/ townie (Elaine) strained by class divide
      - Feeds Will's mistrust w/ townies
      - Allows Will to accept his role within the villagers
  - - - Assimilate vs. Fail/Addiction
- - - - Hilda's arrival
      - 1st sundance for reserve/ Lucy
    - - Recent revitalization of Indian culture
        
        Contrasts Hilda's idealized expectations of Indigenous people
  - - - pregnant, Blackfoot, mother of 2
      - Married to alcoholic
      - Disconnected to own traditional culture
      - Modest, compassionate (to her uncle)
- - - - Stood up for old Chinese woman (bothered by Native man) - embarrassed that she had to be saved by a Native
  - - - Switches from 1st person to 3rd person
- - - - Sfen (brother) - assumed bixsexual, died of AIDS, suicidal?
      - everything he touches burns
    - - neglected by working mother
    - - Torchy visited him, he blessed his hand to win Bingo money
        
        Got his money stolen by two Asian hookers (forgot to wash his hands)
      - blind, just wishes someone to visit him
- - - - Uses staff w/ rainbow ribbons - make the earth shake
- - - - Feeling "in-between" and not enough for either culture
      - Form his own identity as an "Occassion"
- - - - Maintain relationship w/ Great Spirit
    - - White/ Black = Physical vs. Emotional
        
        Yellow/ Brown = Spiritual vs. Mental
      - Higher life expectancy vs. Europeans
  - - - Needed to extinguish Ind. rights/privileges to build new cities
      - Christianity excluded other spiritual beliefs
      - false beliefs of savagery
      - Hollywood/ media portrayal of Indians, stereotypes
    - - Prophecy for revitalized Native spirit (eagle landing on moon)
      - Adapt to hunters of city
      - Love for self and others
      - Balance of material & spiritual