There There

Opal's Teddy Bear's name

Two Shoes

Harvey

Blue's father; Edwin's father; Emcee of the Powwow

Tony Loneman

Born with fetal alcohol syndrome; gets bullets and swings them in a sock over the fence of the Oakland Coliseum

Calvin Johnson

Gets trapped into helping Octavio rob the Powwow

Who said the following? "I'd gotten through four years as a Native American studies major...looking for signs, something that might resemble me, something that felt familiar."

Harvey

Edwin Black

Has a master's degree in literature; feels stuck in his life; meets his father for the first time at the Powwow

Octavio Gomez

He has lost his parents and sibling; his grandma makes him a medicine box; is a drug dealer and leads the robbery of the Powwow.

Blue

Head of the powwow committee; daughter of Jacquie Red Feather and Harvey; half-sister of Edwin

Daniel Gonzalez

His brother Manny was killed, but he still writes emails to him; flies a drone over the coliseum

Who is the following quotation about? "Before she acknowledges to herself that it's him, before she can feel or think or decide anything, she's already moving toward her grandson. She knows the risk of walking out there. She's walking toward the gunfire."

Jacquie Red Feather

Spoke this line: "You're old enough to know now, and I'm sorry I haven't told you before. Opal, you have to know that we should never not tell our stories, and that no one is too young to hear. We're all here because of a lie. They been lying to us since they came. They're lying to us now!"

Jacquie's and Opal's mother

Orvil Red Feather

Learns how to dance by watching YouTube videos; buys his brother a bicycle; is excited to dance at the Powwow.

Opal's Job

Mail Carrier

Who says, "Your uncle Sixto. He crashed his car with both of them in it. They're dead." ?

Octavio's grandmother

Who says, "Don't let anyone tell you what being Indian means. Too many of us died to get just a little bit of us here, right now, right in the kitchen. You, me. Every part of our people that made it is precious. You're Indian because you're Indian because you're Indian."

Opal Violet Victoria Bear Shield

Jacquie Red Feather

Opal's sister; Blue's mother; works as a substance abuse counselor; grandmother to Orvil, Loother, and Lony

Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield

This character is taken to Alcatraz by their mom; they take care of their three grandsons

Thomas Frank

Was excited to be a part of the drum group at the Powwow

Bill Davis

Works at the Oakland Coliseum; swings a bat at a drome, Karen's boyfriend

Dene Oxendene

Young documentary filmmaker; carrying on a project in memory of his uncle; collects stories of Native people in the Oakland area