Indigenous Lit Final

Calvin Johnson

Maggie - his sister who he is living with temporarily Sonny - Maggie's daughter and Calvin's niece Father left them Mother has Bipolar disorder as do Calvin and Maggie Charles - Calvin's brother Friends with Carlos Owes Charles and Carlos money for Octavio Got his Cocaine stolen in the parking lot of a powwow, he thinks it was stolen by Octavio's people who told him to go to the powwow Working to organize the Oakland Powwow It was his joke to rob it Interviews with Dene for his project, Unsure about his claim to "being Native"

Edwin Black

Addicted to the internet Got his masters in comparative literature with a focus in Native American Literature Karen - his mother Bill - Edwin's mother's boyfriend Harvey's son His mother is white and he wasn't raised with any connection to his indigenous heritage Contact's Harvey on facebook using his mom's account Gets a paid internship at the Indian Center to help with the powwow Cheyenne

Bill Davis

Dating Karen Janitor at the Coliseum where the Powwow is held Looks at his "unstable, distorted reflection" on a metal surface in the coliseum Went to jail for five years for stabbing a guy outside a bar in self-defense Vietnam Veteran Sees the drone in the stadium and tries to knock it down

Orvil Red Feather

Jacquie's grandson who is taken care of by Opal Wants to dance at the Powwow, learned online Opal won't teach him about his Indian heritage until her is an adult His mom Jamie died by suicide when he was 6 Lony - his brother, 4 years younger Loother - his brother, 2 years younger Looks at himself in the mirror wearing regalia for the first time Interviews with Dene for his movie to earn money to by Lony a bike Finds spider legs in his leg in the bathroom in Target Orvil listens to Powwow music, Luther listens to rap, and Lony listens to classical music

Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield

Jaquie - Sister Vicky - Opan and Jacquie's mom Lived in Oakland and then on Alcatraz as kids Two Shoes - her teddy bear Rocky - her friend who she meets on Alcatraz Harvey - Rocky's brother who rapes Jacquie Emcee of the big oakland powwow Mother died after Alcatraz, lived with her adopted brother Ronald who tried to rape Jacquie Opal hit him over the head with a bat and wasn't sure if she had killed him or not for Takes care of Jacquie's 3 grandsons Found spider legs in her legs "right before everything happened with Ronald." Ronald tried to assault Jacquie Drives for USPS Always looks in the mirror in her mail truck even though she hates looking at her own face Lucas - Opal's friend who encourages her to go check if Ronald is alive a year after she hit him with the bat. Ronald wasn't dead.

Octavio Gomez

Josefina/Fina- his grandma Makes him a medicine box after her talks to Sixto Junior - Ocatvio's older brother Sixto - his uncle Kills his mom and brother while drunk driving with them in the car Junior and Sixto stole someone's plants, they came and shot up their house killing Octavio's dad who died protecting him Manny and Daniel - Octavio's cousins Sylvia - their aunt Their dad attacks their mom and Manny beats him up and kicks him out

Dene Oxendene

Making a film with interviews of Urban Indians in Oakland Lens - tag he thought of on a bus ride the day his Uncle Lucas came to visit Lucas - Dene's uncle, filmmaker, dying of liver failure from alcoholism Norma - Dene's mom

Daniel Gonzales

Manny - Daniel's brother 3D prints guns in his basement for Ocatvio Gives the money to his mom Emails Manny after he has died Bought a drone and vr goggles to watch the powwow

Blue

Paul - her abusive husband Adopted and raised by white people Daughter of Jacquie and Harvey, who put her up for adoption Works at the Oakland Indian Center Moved to Oklahoma Youth Services Center where Paul was her boss Geraldine - co-worker who helps her escape to the bus station

Thomas Frank

Raise evangelical Christian Drumming at the big oakland powwow Southern Moon Works as a Janitor at the Indian Center Born with a heart arrhythmia Bobby Big Medicine - leader of Southern Moon Dad is full Indian, recovering alcoholic medicine man who grew up on the reservation with English as his second language Struggle with being both white and indigenous and what that means to be on both sides of a conflict Bathtub scene that prof keeps referencing Can't sleep because of eczema, drinks to help with the pain of eczema, got fired because of drinking on the job DeLonna - older sister Friends a co-workers with Edwin

Tony Loneman

The Drome Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Saw his face in the tv Maxine - his grandma Karen - his counselor and friend Cheyenne His mom is in jail Anger issues Sold weed since her was thirteen, gives the money to Maxine Starts dealing Cocaine w/Octavio Hides the bullets in the bushes at the Coliseum

Jacquie Red Feather

Works as a substance-abuse counselor On and off alcoholic One of the best nights of her life was staging in a hotel as a kid when she went in a pool for the first time. Jamie - Jacquie's daughter who she lost to drug addiction and then suicide Veho - the trickster spider who was always stealing eyes to see better that Jacquie's mom told her about "Veho was the white man who came and made the old world watch with his eyes. Look. See here, the way it's gonna be is, first you're gonna give me all your land, then your attention, until you forget how to give it. Until your eyes are drained and you can't see behind you and there's nothing ahead, and the needle, the bottle, or the pipe is the only thing in sight that makes any sense." Goes to an AA meeting at the conference, and it is being run by Harvey, who convinces her to go back to Oakland with him Put her and Harvey's daughter up for adoption at 17