![]() ![]() In 1970, Opal Bear Shield, her sister, Jacquie Red Feather, and their mother, Vicky, move to Alcatraz to participate in the occupation. The grant panel worries about Dene’s lack of a cohesive vision, but they approve the grant for its promise of documentation. When Lucas dies, Dene decides to carry out his uncle’s artistic vision. He is a boom mic operator but dreams of making a movie about Oakland’s Indian community. ![]() Octavio plans to rob a powwow and recruits Tony to hide the bullets in advance.ĭene’s long-absent alcoholic uncle Lucas visits. His trouble starts when he bonds with his weed supplier, Octavio, over their love for their grandmothers. He has fetal alcohol syndrome-“the Drome”-but also street smarts. Tony Loneman is a 21-year-old Cheyenne man living with his grandmother Maxine. Part One, “Remain,” introduces the first four narrators. When Indians are forced to integrate, they form communities instead, finding an urban connection to the land. ![]() These stories of oppression bear witness to deep violence. The Prologue describes stereotyped images of Native heads, including: a TV test pattern the heads of the historical Metacomet and the fictional Murieta a Cheyenne story of a rolling head and Mel Gibson’s heads rolling down temple steps. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Orange, Tommy. ![]()
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