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Names / Grade: James and Hayden (8th Grade)

Quote: ¨I could hear the white girls´ forced vomiting.¨

Explanation: This statement is taboo because it deals with private issues. The writer´s purpose was to show how some people acted during this period.

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Names / Grade: Azareese and Matthew 10th grade

Quote: "What's that boy been drinking? I know all about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young."

Explanation: We believe this is taboo because he is being racist due to his thoughts of a stereotypical Indian.

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Names / Grade: Brittany/Owen 9th

Quote:"hey he said what's that boy been drinking? I know all about these indian kids.They Start drinking real young"

Explanation:This is taboo ecuase in most cultures today young children drinking is found wrong /illegal.

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Names / Grade: Melanie, Jasmine, Jacob/10th Grade

Quote: "...when we look in the mirror, see the history of our tribe, taste failure in the tap water, and shake with old tears..." "Believe me everything looks like a noose."

Explanation: This is taboo because it deals with suicide and how constant failures sometimes lead to suicide, and most cultures don't like to talk about that.

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Names / Grade: Willow & Gabby 10th grade

Quote:"Believe me, everything looks like a noose if you stare at it long enough"

Explanation: This quote is talking about how everything you do or say can be used agaisnt you and hurt you emotionally or physically without thought behind it.

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Names / Grade: Sarka & Arthur: Second Grade

Quote: She called me "indian, indian, indian." And I said, Yes I am, I am Indian. Indian I am.

Explanation:  Derogatory use of the words. Shows people don't have enough respect to capitalize the "I" for minorities.

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Sam and Kevin : Grade 8
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"At the farm town junior high, in the boys' bathroom, I could hear voices from the girls' bathroom , nervous whispers of anorexia and bulemia."
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This statement is taboo because anorexia and bulemia are frowned upon practices, even in todays' society. The authors purpose here is to show the difference between being starving and starving yourself.

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Names / Grade: DaeShawn & Emily
7th Grade

Quote: " But on the day I leaned throught the basement window of the HUD house and kissed the white girl, I felt the good-byes i was saying to my entire tribe."

Explanation: He is showing how strict his tribe is about the customs they have, and showing how severe the punishments of breaking those customs can be.

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Marvino/ Cory
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"At that same moment, my cousin Steven Ford sniffed rubber cement from a paper bag and leaned back on the merry-go-round"
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I think this statement is taboo because the main character thinks nothing of his cousin getting high.

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Names / Grade: Mike Dugger (11), Klara Riehle (11)

Quote: "What's that boy drinking? I know all abour the Indian kids. They start drinking real young." 9th grade

Explanation: It's taboo because it's making fun of Indians by saying all of them drink, when that's not true.

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Bradley and Austin  10th grade.\
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"Believe me, everything looks like a noose if you stare at it long enough."
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The statement is taboo because suicide is an unforgivable sin in most any culture.

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Names / Grade: Drew and Doug 7th grade

Quote: "I leaned through the basement window of the HUD house and kissed the white girl."

Explanation: The racial barrier then made it forbidden for a white girl to be with an Indian boy.

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Mrs. Abrahamson / 1st Grade: “I was always falling down; my Indian name was Junior Falls Down. Sometimes it was Bloody Nose or Steal-His-Lunch. Once it was Cries-Like-a-White-Boy.”

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Mrs. Abrahamson / 1st Grade: “I was always falling down; my Indian name was Junior Falls Down. Sometimes it was Bloody Nose or Steal-His-Lunch. Once it was Cries-Like-a-White-Boy.”

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This statement is taboo because it deals with race. The other kids at his school used “white” as an insult because they bullied Junior. The writer’s purpose was to show how the Indians and the whites were separated