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“ It felt like they were trying to remove more than grime and odor” Pg 44
-Natalie

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“They say that our cheekbones are cut from those granite ridges that rise above our homeland” Pg 1

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“They say that our cheekbones are cut from those granite ridges that rise above our homeland” Pg 1

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Pg6. “Shabogesic called everyone together in a circle on the teaching rocks where the old ones drew stories on the stone… No one knows where this place is today. “

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Pg6. “Shabogesic called everyone together in a circle on the teaching rocks where the old ones drew stories on the stone… No one knows where this place is today. “

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“In what seemed like an instant, the world I had known was replaced by an ominous black cloud.” Pg 47
-Natalie

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“We loaded the canoe with the last of the geese and the fish. We were freezing. The old woman made me pile on clothing and she cut shawls for us out of the canvas of a tent.” (Andrew)

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“We loaded the canoe with the last of the geese and the fish. We were freezing. The old woman made me pile on clothing and she cut shawls for us out of the canvas of a tent.” (Andrew)

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“I wasn’t there the day the first Indian Horse came to our people, but I heard the story so many times as a boy that it became real to me”. (pg 4) (Isabella)

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“I wasn’t there the day the first Indian Horse came to our people, but I heard the story so many times as a boy that it became real to me”. (pg 4) (Isabella)

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"All that I knew of Indian died in the winter of 1961, when I was eight years old."

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"All that I knew of Indian died in the winter of 1961, when I was eight years old."

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-Arden

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“ When she reached behind her and brought a leather paddle into view she had a terrible calm about her” Pg 46
-Natalie

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Part of our family died there and their spirits still speak to me from the trees.”(25) - Josh

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Part of our family died there and their spirits still speak to me from the trees.”(25) - Josh

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“It was the Zhaunagush who called him Indian horse. It has been our family name ever since.” pg7.

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“It was the Zhaunagush who called him Indian horse. It has been our family name ever since.” pg7.

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Chapter 1: Page 3 “If we want to live at peace with ourselves, we need to tell our stories.” -grace 

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Chapter 1: Page 3 “If we want to live at peace with ourselves, we need to tell our stories.” -grace 

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“We loaded the canoe with the last of the geese and the fish. We were freezing… It took all we had to cross the lake to the portage… But we made it.” (pg 36) (Isabella)

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“We loaded the canoe with the last of the geese and the fish. We were freezing… It took all we had to cross the lake to the portage… But we made it.” (pg 36) (Isabella)

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“They had guns, those Zhaunagush. I think if they haven’t, my father and my uncle would have fought them off.” Pg11

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“They had guns, those Zhaunagush. I think if they haven’t, my father and my uncle would have fought them off.” Pg11

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“I turend and my grandmother was standing there with her arms spread open. I fell into them and cried into her bosom.” Pg 24

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“I turend and my grandmother was standing there with her arms spread open. I fell into them and cried into her bosom.” Pg 24

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It began to feel as though we might forge a life for ourselves there on the edges if that rough-hewn town” 

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It began to feel as though we might forge a life for ourselves there on the edges if that rough-hewn town” 

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-will

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-Arden

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“He was different. Not only in size. There was a wariness in his eyes and a hardness to the set of his chin” Pg 16

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“He was different. Not only in size. There was a wariness in his eyes and a hardness to the set of his chin” Pg 16

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“The old lady waded through it, tugging me into a thick copse of cedars. She tore branches from them and piled them on the snow and made me lie down in them. She took off her canvas shawl, laid it over me, and covered me with more cedar boughs.” (pg 39) (Isabella)

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“The old lady waded through it, tugging me into a thick copse of cedars. She tore branches from them and piled them on the snow and made me lie down in them. She took off her canvas shawl, laid it over me, and covered me with more cedar boughs.” (pg 39) (Isabella)

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"In what seemed like an instant the world I had known was replaced by an ominous black cloud." pg 47

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"In what seemed like an instant the world I had known was replaced by an ominous black cloud." pg 47

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-jada

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"If we want to live at peace with ourselves, we need to tell our stories"

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"If we want to live at peace with ourselves, we need to tell our stories"

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-Brodie

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“When the horse first called to me, I did not understand its message. Shabogeesick told them… And I fasted and prayed in the sacred sweat lodge for many days to learn to speak to it.”

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“When the horse first called to me, I did not understand its message. Shabogeesick told them… And I fasted and prayed in the sacred sweat lodge for many days to learn to speak to it.”

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“So I grew up afraid of the white man. As it turned out, I had reason to be”. (pg 10) (Isabella)

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“So I grew up afraid of the white man. As it turned out, I had reason to be”. (pg 10) (Isabella)

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Pg13 “Both my parents had taken to the Zhaunagush drink, and we left the bush in pursuit of it. 

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Pg13 “Both my parents had taken to the Zhaunagush drink, and we left the bush in pursuit of it. 

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“I turend and my grandmother was standing there with her arms spread open. I fell into them and cried into her bosom.” Pg 24

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“I turend and my grandmother was standing there with her arms spread open. I fell into them and cried into her bosom.” Pg 24

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-violet

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 “The moon was full in the sky. As the rhythm of the drum and the song slowed, it became a social dance an I heard laughter clear as the calls of the bird.” Pg 23 - johnny

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 “The moon was full in the sky. As the rhythm of the drum and the song slowed, it became a social dance an I heard laughter clear as the calls of the bird.” Pg 23 - johnny

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“ I wasn’t a large boy and I could disappear easily. I learned that I could draw the boundaries of my physical self inward, collapse the space i occupied and become a mote, a speck, an indifferent atom in its own peculiar orbit.” Pg 48 -49

-Natalie

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"We mother the Earth; Aki is the name we have for her."

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"We mother the Earth; Aki is the name we have for her."

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-Jada

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"Cleaning the rink became my assigned chore and I would rise to do it before anyone else in the school was up" (pg 60)

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"Cleaning the rink became my assigned chore and I would rise to do it before anyone else in the school was up" (pg 60)

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we brought you here to save you from your heathen ways. (78) 

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we brought you here to save you from your heathen ways. (78) 

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"I kept my morning job, but now I wore the skates when I shovelled."

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"I kept my morning job, but now I wore the skates when I shovelled."

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pg 72

Arden

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There wasn't a funeral. There never was for the kids who died. pg80

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There wasn't a funeral. There never was for the kids who died. pg80

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“I was a small boy with outsized skates and in the world that hockey had created, I found a new home.” (pg 72)

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“I was a small boy with outsized skates and in the world that hockey had created, I found a new home.” (pg 72)

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"Shrimp," he said. "stay out of my way." (75) 

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"Shrimp," he said. "stay out of my way." (75) 

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"I was lost in a wild celebration of arms sticks and helmets." (76)

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"I was lost in a wild celebration of arms sticks and helmets." (76)

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"I'd never heard from my parents.  Maybe they couldn't find me. Maybe their shame over abandoning us in the bush was too great. Or maybe the drink had taken them over as easily as hockey had claimed me."

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"I'd never heard from my parents.  Maybe they couldn't find me. Maybe their shame over abandoning us in the bush was too great. Or maybe the drink had taken them over as easily as hockey had claimed me."

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(pg 73)

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Perhaps what terrified us the most was the nighttime invasions. Pg 81

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Perhaps what terrified us the most was the nighttime invasions. Pg 81

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" i stepped onto the ice and saul indian horse , the abandoned Ojibway kid, clutched in the frozen arms of his dead grandmother, ceased to exist" pg83

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" i stepped onto the ice and saul indian horse , the abandoned Ojibway kid, clutched in the frozen arms of his dead grandmother, ceased to exist" pg83

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I became Saul Indian Horse, Ojibway kid and hickey player. pg86

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I became Saul Indian Horse, Ojibway kid and hickey player. pg86

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"That was beautiful," he said. "you were beautiful." (76)

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"That was beautiful," he said. "you were beautiful." (76)

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"Some nights I felt crippled by the ache of loss. But I knew that loneliness would be dispelled by the sheen of the rink in the sunlight." (pg 73)

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"Some nights I felt crippled by the ache of loss. But I knew that loneliness would be dispelled by the sheen of the rink in the sunlight." (pg 73)

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"Hockey is like the universe, Saul, " pg84

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"Hockey is like the universe, Saul, " pg84

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 after that some men showed up at the school and asked permission for me to play on their midget town team (88)

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 after that some men showed up at the school and asked permission for me to play on their midget town team (88)

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its because im an indian isnt it… yes. (91)

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its because im an indian isnt it… yes. (91)

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"his thighs were like loafs of bred. Huge. he even had to have his pants tailored for him. He is the fasted player I have ever seen, Saul. pg85

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"his thighs were like loafs of bred. Huge. he even had to have his pants tailored for him. He is the fasted player I have ever seen, Saul. pg85

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"We started to do wind sprints up the face of the ridge" pg85

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"We started to do wind sprints up the face of the ridge" pg85

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"worked on my wrist shot until my wrists and forearms were rock hard"  Pg 85

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"worked on my wrist shot until my wrists and forearms were rock hard"  Pg 85

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"The sister smiled. It was chilling because there was no laughter in her eyes. They were cold, pale blue, like the eyes of a husky." (46)

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"The sister smiled. It was chilling because there was no laughter in her eyes. They were cold, pale blue, like the eyes of a husky." (46)

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"I became Saul Indian horse, Ojibway kid and hockey player." pg 85

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"I became Saul Indian horse, Ojibway kid and hockey player." pg 85

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"I took his words to heart and i practiced diligently" pg86

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"I took his words to heart and i practiced diligently" pg86

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" thats what makes you so extraordianary. you have that spirit within you pg84

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" thats what makes you so extraordianary. you have that spirit within you pg84