Literature Study
There There by Tommy Orange

Narrators
Tony
Dene
Opal
Edwin
Bill
Calvin
Jacquie
Orvil
Octavio
Daniel
Blue
Thomas
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Literature Study Ideas:
Quote Analysis 
​Native American Study Slideshow
Symbols and Symbolism 
Story Questions by Tommy Orange
​Themes:

• Cultural Identity vs. Personal Identity
• Interconnectedness,
• Storytelling
• Generational Trauma
• more from LitCharts here

Author Tommy Orange Links:
Publisher - Penguin Random House
Twitter @thommyorange
Conversation with Oakland Poet Laureate Samuel Getachew
Birthday - January 19th 

Image: Said@Duke-Lisa Disbrow

Images that make us think

Image: RCA 1939

A Letter From Character Paul to Marlon Brando

Further Reading

A Cross of Thorns : The Enslavement of California's Indians by the Spanish Missions by Elias Castillo

The Inconvenient Indian : a curious Account of the Native People in North America by Thomas King

Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history by S.C. Gwynne

Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

Bad Indians : a tribal memoir by Deborah A. Miranda

North American Indian Art by David W. Penney

Heart of the Rock : the Indian invasion of Alcatraz by Adam Fortunate Eagle in collaboration with Tim Findle

The Other Slavery : The uncovered story of Indian enslavement in America by Andres Resendez