Truth and Bright Water Charts

Prologue page 1-3

Main events	-tell us where Truth is and where Brightwater is -tells us about the churches role in the community
Characters	The Baptists, Methodists, Indians animals
Elements and techniques	Simile:  “the shield is slipping back into the land like a knife”. (p. 1)
Dramatic purpose	Developing the setting: “you can look up through the open planking and the rusting webs of iron mesh, and see the sky.” (p. 1)
Themes and motifs	Appearance vs. reality: “ the bridge between Truth and Bright water looks whole and complete.” (p. 1)
Symbols and vivid words	“As if a thick spike has been driven through the church itself and hammered into the prairies.” (p. 1)
FNMI & Prairie Connections	A reserve on one side and a railroad town on the American side.

Chapter 1 page4-16

Main events	-We find out Lum has a gun -They see a lady at the horns who floats off the edge and they eventually go looking for her but don’t find her
Characters	Lum and his dog soldier, the mother and father
Elements and techniques	Allusions: a reference to an Olympic runner “hell, I’m as good as Tom Longboat already.” Page 6 paragraph 5
Dramatic purpose	Danger: “we didn’t play Russian roulette.” Page 6 paragraph 1
Themes and motifs	Appearance vs. reality: “the woman seems to float in the lights.” Page 8
Symbols and vivid words	“her body stretched out and arched, as if she’s decided to ride the warm currents that rise off the river and sail all the way to Brightwater.” Page 11 paragraph 3
FNMI	Having a powwow. “It’s powwow time.” Page 16

Chapter 2 page 17-24

Main events	He tells his mother that they found the skull, we are introduced to Lucy who wants to be like Marilyn Monroe, she tries to die and cut her hair just like Marilyn.
Characters	The mother, Lucy Rabbit, Lum
Elements and techniques	Simile: “she looked like a carrot.”
Dramatic purpose	Lucy getting her hair colored so she looked like Marilyn Monroe
Themes and motifs	Allusion: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Page 22 paragraph 10
Symbols and vivid words	Railroads, Brightwater, Edmonton
FNMI & Prairie Connections	Lucy believes that Marilyn Monroe was a native ““She was probably Cree, “says Lucy, “or maybe Ojibwa.””

Chapter 3 page 25-31

Main events	The church was out up for sale and eventually sold to Munroe Swimmer a famous native painter from Truth.
Characters	Lucille rain, -Miles Deardorf,  Lucille Rain, Skee,  Gabriel Tucker, Monroe Swimmer, Narrator
Elements and techniques	Hyperbole: “…they’ve got Ojibwas coming out their ears.”
Dramatic purpose	Character development:  “he began throwing paint at them, and fending them off with his brushes.”  Page 29
Themes and motifs	Allusion “couldn’t really paint worth a damn,” miles told us. “ but, hey, did that stop Picasso?” page 28
Symbols and vivid words	Mystery, rumors, artist painting “began painting a pack of wolves eating a moose in the front window.”
FNMI & Prairie Connections	A small town in the prairies where everyone one goes everyone so they know what is going on around the town.

Chapter 4 page 31-38

Main events	He goes to see his father and he tries to tell him about the skull he found. -they go for lunch and talk about learning to drive and getting a job.
Characters	Mother, father, miles Deardorf, Gabriel Tucker, Skee Gardipeau,
Elements and techniques	Simile: “But like the river, it doesn’t run straight.” (P.31)
Dramatic purpose	Character development: introducing new characters to add detail. (miles Deardorf, Gabriel Tucker, Skee Gardipeau)
Themes and motifs	Absence: “My birthday was last week.” (P.36)
Symbols and vivid words	Car, Rosewood Toothpicks, Division Street South,  Indian, Division Street North,  Carpenter
FNMI & Prairie Connections	The father was going to make carvings and sell them to the tourists. “Everybody’s going crazy over traditional Indian stuff.” (p. 33)

Chapter 5 page39-40

Main events	We find out that the cousins are not people they are dogs.
Characters	Skee, Lum, the cousins, grandmother
Elements and techniques	Hyperbole: “The Spanish did that with the Indian’s in Mexico.” (P.39)
Dramatic purpose	To describe what happens in the church. “No one had ever fed the cousins, not the Baptists, not the Nazarenes, and certainly not the First Assembly of God.” (P. 40)
Themes and motifs	Death: “The most humane thing to do is to go up there and shoot all three of them.” (p. 40)
Symbols and vivid words	Canada ,Waterton, Bright Water, Banff, Bridge, Glacier, Reserve               , Yellowstone, Sacred, Gospel, Mexico , Priests, Baptists,  Nazarenes, Ghosts
FNMI & Prairie Connections	The dogs look out for ghosts: “They watched out for ghosts.”

Chapter 6 page 41-51

Main events	Before the church stood out, we find out that Monroe is painting the church so it blends in.
Characters	Wally, Emery Youngman, Maria Topalovich, Eddie baton, Wilfrid first Rider, Gabriel, Sherman, Joe Richards, Peggy Richards, Andy Layne, Monroe (magic realism)
Elements and techniques	Foreshadowing: “they look like long, slender bones.” (p.51)
Dramatic purpose	Magic realism: “it must have had something to do with the paint and the way the colors of the land and the sky carry over into the word.” (p. 51)
Themes and motifs àvisual project	Appearance vs. reality: “ I don’t know how Monroe has done it, but he’s painted this side so it blends in with the prairies and the sky” (p.44)
Symbols and vivid words	Chinook motel, the farmers bank, continental oil tower,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	It’s harder for native s to get a job “he always hires white guys before he hires Indians.” (p.42)

Chapter 7 page 52-62

Main events	The narrator and the mother meet auntie Cassie, she tells them about her travels, the mother tells the narrator to go check the chickens and the rest of the family argues.
Characters	Tecumseh, auntie Cassie, the mother, the grandmother, Terry, Pat, Chris, Mia, Elvin, Arthur Circle, Monroe,
Elements and techniques	Malapropism: “Do you want to play pokie?” (p.57) Simile: “the fog glows like steel.” (p.62)
Dramatic purpose	Making us think they have a big secret: “Everyone was alive when I left.”(p.60)
Themes and motifs	Secrets: the mother makes him go outside and check the chickens while they talk. “Everyone was alive when I left.”(p.60)
Symbols and vivid words	Edmonton, truth, car, Tecumseh, tattoo, fog
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“I want to see the Red Indians.” (p.56)

Chapter 8 page 63-64

Main events	The mother is building a quilt but it not an ordinary quilt, it had earrings and razor blades build into it. The quilt would only be safe if you didn’t move while you were under it.
Characters	Narrator, father, mother
Elements and techniques	Simile: “the patterns on the quilt looked a lot like trees and mountains and people and animal.” (p.63)
Dramatic purpose	Set up for future story line with the quilt “then id stay away from that quilt.”(p. 64)
Themes and motifs	Danger: “I bought her a really nice pair of earrings once, and they wound up on the quilt. I wanted to know the story behind the needles and fish hooks, but my father said that came later.” (p. 64)
Symbols and vivid words	Quilt, mother, earrings, prairie view, razor blades, mountains, fish hooks
FNMI & Prairie Connections	Make their clothing and necessities as opposed to buying them. “The quilt is not a fancy machine stitched quilt that you can get in prairie view that’s why it as taken my mother so long to finish it.” (p.63)

Chapter 9 page 65- 77

Main events	Lum comes over and they hide the skull in to rafters of the house/ shop. Lum and the narrator leave and think about where the skull could have come from
Characters	Narrator, Lum, mother,
Elements and techniques	Simile: “it hangs just below the rafters and above the light, as if it’s floating in space.” (p.69) Juxtaposition: “my mother turns and smiles at Lum, but I can see she’s looking at his eye.” (p.71)
Dramatic purpose	Set up for future story, leaving the skull for later to find out who’s it is.
Themes and motifs	Response to injustice: Lums mother is dead but the narrator’s mother is mothering toward him “you know you’re always welcome.” (p.71)
Symbols and vivid words	Skull, jail, father, bones, skins,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	First nation’s people sometimes point using their lips “Lum pushes his lips at the skull on the table.” (p. 68)

Chapter 10 page 78-83

Main events	The family goes on a vacation, the go camping to a lake the father leaves part way through the trip and says he has business to do, he doesn’t come back do they take the bus.
Characters	Lucy rabbit, mother, father, Gabriel Tucker,
Elements and techniques	Metaphor “the air felt heavy and dark.” (p.80)
Dramatic purpose	Talking about the vacation so it can build up their relationship for later on
Themes and motifs	Mystery: the father leaving during the vacation and the reader not knowing where he is. “I’ll be back before you know it.” (p.80)
Symbols and vivid words	Prairies, hotel,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“It’ll give us a view of the lake and the mountains and the prairies all at once.” (p.81)

Chapter 11 page 84-96

Main events	The narrator and his father go across the border and load TV’s and stereos into the back of the truck, the narrator also learns to drive a standard.
Characters	Lum, father, mother, franklin, Gabriel Tucker,
Elements and techniques	Metaphor: “drunker than skunks and twice as mean.” (p.89) Simile: “the tent looks like white ice floating in a gold sea.” (p.96)
Dramatic purpose	Character development: we learn more about the narrator and the fathers relationship “
Themes and motifs	Money: the father is making coyotes to sell at Indian days so he can make some more money. “The fat cats from the city will eat these up.”
Symbols and vivid words	Canada, father, jail , smoke, alcohol, Calgary, treaties, buffalo,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“Mexican jails are full of Mexicans, says my father, “but Canadian jails are full of Indians.” (p.90)

Chapter 12 page 97-101

Main events	The mother and aunt Cassie talk about when they were in beauty school together, they also talk about how they went on a double dare and half way through they switched dresses and changed their hair to confuse their dates, it worked , we find out that the guys they were on a date with is the father and the uncle.
Characters	Mother, father, aunt Cassie, narrator, grandmother,
Elements and techniques
Dramatic purpose	Switching dresses it makes us think who was supposed to be with who. “this was the woman he was going to marry.” (p.100)
Themes and motifs	Family: “couldn’t separate the two of them.”
Symbols and vivid words	Community college, American Indian Movement,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“Is that when you joined the American Indian movement?” (p.98)

Chapter 13 page 102-114

Main events	Tecumseh learns to drive a standard, when he is parking the truck he hits the tent and rips it.
Characters	Narrator, father, uncle, Mary hicks, Marvin Simon, Carleton coombs, Rebecca Neugin, Mr. John Ross, Elvin,
Elements and techniques	Simile: “the smell wasn’t a particularly bad smell like the stench of rotting meat or an angry skunk.” (p.107)
Dramatic purpose	Franklin being mad at Tecumseh for the tent, so we can see how he reacts
Themes and motifs	Anger: franklin is mad at Tecumseh “where the hell do you think you’re going!”
Symbols and vivid words	Buffalo, happy trails, tent, elected chief, band, elders,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	-“or get elected chief” (p. 105) -“Tailfeather twins over at Siksika.” (p. 107)

Chapter 14 page 115- 124

Main events	Tecumseh goes into the rafters in his mother’s shop to look at the skull, when he is up there his mother and auntie Cassie come in and start talking ( they don’t know he is there. They start talking about
Characters	Father, narrator, mother, auntie Cassie,
Elements and techniques	Simile: “the noise went through the house like a hard wind.” (p.118) Simile: “lasts about as long as cut flowers.” (p.121)
Dramatic purpose	Mystery: the mother giving away the baby clothes to auntie Cassie “some of the clothes are really stupid, and some of them are cute in a goofy sort of way, but I can’t remember ever wearing any of them.” (p.121)
Themes and motifs	“or I could tell her the truth, that I  went to Bright Water with my father to help him deliver four speakers and two motorcycles with side cars”(p.116)
Symbols and vivid words	Mia,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“…and I’m thinking that the skull may have been moving around in the dark, playing a game.” (p.119)

Chapter 15 page 125-126

Main events	We find out that aunt Cassie travels a lot and doesn’t really saty in one place for too long. Whenever she was gone she would send Tecumseh a gift in the summer.
Characters	Auntie Cassie, Tecumseh, Lum,
Elements and techniques
Dramatic purpose	Getting presents in July instead of at his birthday “ you mean like your father.”(p. 126)
Themes and motifs	Allusion: “Anne of green Gables is a classic” (p.126)
Symbols and vivid words	Drawers, gifts, travel
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“when we were girls this was one of our favourite books.” (p.126)

Chapter 16 page 127-145

Main events	Tecumseh wakes up and the house is a mess aunt Cassie slept over, and they had a lot of wine, the mother comes back with flowers
Characters	Lum, Franklin, Wally Preston, Tecumseh, Monroe Swimmer, Miles Deardorf, cousins,
Elements and techniques	Verbal irony: yeah, that’s what the old man said, and lum laughs. “Those were his exact words.”(p.127) Allusion: “Eugene Field,” says Monroe. “Sailed on a crystal light into a sea of dew.”
Dramatic purpose	The quilt and the baby clothes being put out together, it makes us think that they are somehow linked. “My mother’s quilt is piled up on the couch. The suitcase is open, and the baby clothe are arranged in little stacks next to a couple of wine glasses.” (p.127)
Themes and motifs
Symbols and vivid words	Tobacco, sweet grass, ceremony, buffalo,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	Having a ceremony Monroe asks Tecumseh if he has any sweet grass or tobacco “ we should have a ceremony,” (p.140)

Chapter 17

Main events	Tecumseh gets back to the house and it is still a mess, the mother is looking at pictures on the floor and asks if he remembers staying at the waterton hotel.
Characters	Lum, Mother, father, Tecumseh, martin, Joseph Fox
Elements and techniques
Dramatic purpose	Looking at cities as if she is unhappy where she is;“if you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?”
Themes and motifs
Symbols and vivid words	Move, father, Toronto, Victoria
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“Native Earth Preforming arts in Toronto.”

Chapter 18 page 155-163

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Chapter 19

Main events	A car was discovered in on the high prairies, a famous photographer was in the car and the RCMP though they were robbed because there was no sigh of suicide.
Characters	Narrator, Helmut may, Eva, RCMP
Elements and techniques	Personification: “ it was found standing in the middle of the prairies” (p.164)
Dramatic purpose	Finding a jeep with people still I it” when the RCMP finally found the jeep, the mays were sitting in the front seat with their seat belts fastened.”
Themes and motifs	Death: “…and nothing to indicate suicide, the cause of death was listed simply as “exposure””
Symbols and vivid words	Calgary herald, prairies, mountains
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“ it was found standing in the middle of the prairies” (p.164

Chapter 20 page 166-174

Main events	Tecumseh goes to his grandmother and helps her pluck the chickens; he tells her that they found a skull out on the horns.
Characters	Lum, Tecumseh, franklin, father, carol millerfether, grandmother, auntie Cassie,
Elements and techniques	Simile: “the buffalo stand still as stone” (p.166)
Dramatic purpose	Using the chickens to represent fear, if you leave the inside of the coop where it is safe: “the live chickens are clucking happily, but as soon as they see soldier, they back away from the wire, and the clucking turns hard and suspicious.” (p.167)
Themes and motifs	Fear and foresight: Bad luck to play with the dead (p.170
Symbols and vivid words	Chickens, tattoo, red ribbon, baby clothes
FNMI & Prairie Connections	Calgary: “he’s already called the television stations in Calgary and prairie view.” (p.166)

Chapter 21 page 175- 182

Main events	Tecumseh bandages up Soldier. Tecumseh is convinced that Aunt Cassie is pregnant, that why she wanted baby clothes
Characters	Tecumseh, Skee, Miles, father, Sherman, Gabriel, Monroe Swimmer,
Elements and techniques	Simile: “the burger and the fries bounce and rattle around like coins in a can,”(p.177)
Dramatic purpose
Themes and motifs	The bridge: “the decking’s begun to wrap.”( p.176)
Symbols and vivid words	Bridge, economy, dna, parliament
FNMI & Prairie Connections	A TV series about native people dna “guy on the radio called it the vampire project.”

Chapter 22 page 183-190

Main events	Lum joins them and puts out their fire - he sees what Soldier found in the river - they are with the skull on at the Horns when a light in the church turns on, they go over to investigate - it appears there is a naked lady with Monroe
Characters	Lum, Soldier, Narrator, Strange woman
Elements and techniques	Techniques Personification: “… and the fog clings to the sleeping bag like sweat.” (pg. 190)
Dramatic purpose	Suspense: “Soldier and I hear the danger at the same time, but it’s too late.” (pg. 187)
Themes and motifs	Appearance vs. Reality: “He thought you were going to fall, he was trying to help.” (pg. 186)
Symbols and vivid words	fog, skull
FNMI & Prairie Connections	FNMI/ Prairie connections Dreams and spiritual beings: “She’s pale blue, like the pad, and in the moonlight, as she rises out of the water and wades ashore, she looks cold and lonely.” (pg. 190)

Chapter 23 page 191- 196

Main events	Tecumseh’s father brought home a new dog
Characters	Soldier, father, mother, narrator, Lum
Elements and techniques	Metaphor: “All of him was about the size of a grapefruit.” (pg. 192
Dramatic purpose	Fills in background information about Soldier: “I don’t remember when we began simply calling him Soldier.” (pg. 196)
Themes and motifs	Appearance vs. Reality: “It is as though it had always been his name, and had been waiting for him to find it.” (pg. 196)
Symbols and vivid words	Soldier, runt, Bright Water, status papers
FNMI & Prairie Connections	FNMI/ Prairie connections Dog soldiers: “They were the bravest men in the tribe, the ones who stayed behind and protected the people from attack.” (pg. 196)

Chapter 24 page 197- 210

Main events	- Tecumseh looks for other job postings just in case it doesn’t work out with Monroe - his dad takes all of the money that his mom left for him - goes to see Monroe unannounced - meets up with Rebecca
Characters	father, Monroe, Wally, Soldier, Eddie Baton, Sherman Youngman, Wilfred First Rider, Franklin*, Lum, aunt Cassie, Rebecca
Elements and techniques	Simile: “Soldier stands behind him, his tongue hanging out of his mouth like a wet sock.” (pg. 199) Allusion: “Every time the detective came home, the sidekick would attack him, just to keep him in shape.” (pg. 202)
Dramatic purpose	Subtle hints to reader: “…and at first, I can’t tell if it’s a man or a woman. But it’s Monroe’s voice.” (pg. 202)
Themes and motifs	Appearance vs. Reality: “Spent so much time together, we thought they were hot for each other.” (pg. 199)
Symbols and vivid words	apple, red ribbon
FNMI & Prairie Connections	First nations don’t work and just wait for handouts (stereotype) “We don’t need a job anyway. That’s right, we’re indigenous.” (pg. 200)

Chapter 25 page 211-213

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Characters	Lucy Rabbit, mother, Marilyn Monroe, Lum, Elvis Presley, Adolf Hungary Wolf
Elements and techniques	Character foils: Talk about Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley “Lucy Rabbit figures Marilyn Monroe is an Indian because of pictures she saw of Marilyn when she was young.” (P.211)
Dramatic purpose	Learning about the internet from Lucy Rabbit: “Lucy worked for the band, and there wasn’t much about a computer that Lucy couldn’t explain.” (P.211)
Themes and motifs	Making connections to celebrity lives (character foils): “she dies young, of drugs, sounds like an Indian to me.” (p.211)
Symbols and vivid words	Blonde hair, Dying hair, Black hair,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“Lucy was formidable. She knew everybody on the reserve and what they were doing. She could trace families all the way back to the old days before whites arrived.” (p.212)

*** Visual project “Everybody is related, “Lucy told us. “The trouble with this world is that you wouldn’t know it from the way we believe.”(p.213)

Chapter 26 page 214-219

Main events	Tecumseh tells his mother that he thinks that auntie Cassie is Pregnant and it’s alright if she gives his baby clothes away. (but we really know she’s not pregnant) the Mother tells Tecumseh that she wasn’t on a date with Elvin that night, it was Monroe swimmer.
Characters	Tecumseh, Mother, father, Lum, Monroe Swimmer,
Elements and techniques
Dramatic purpose	We discover more about the mystery (the mother and auntie Cassie): “tell me about the time you and Auntie Cassie switched dresses in that restaurant.” (p.218)
Themes and motifs
Symbols and vivid words	Duck,
FNMI & Prairie Connections	The Waterton Hotel : “inside the box is a silver belt buckle with “ Waterton lake””

Chapter 27 page 220- 234

Main events	Indian days start; many people have stands set up selling things to tourists. Elvin gets the car fixed Tecumseh goes to find his mother to show her the car.
Characters	Father, Mother, grandmother, Lum, Marilyn Monroe, Edna, Lucy, Auntie Cassie, Bill, Rudy, Rebecca Neugin, Shirley, Charlton Coombs,
Elements and techniques	Allusion: “Lucy holds her dress down as the wind swings through the booths and snaps the flags and the streamers.” (p.222)
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FNMI & Prairie Connections	“Other artists come in from places like Red Deer, Medicine River, Hobbema, or from across the line.” (p.211) “She points with her lips and makes elaborate signs.” (p.223)

Chapter 28 page 235-241

Main events	Tecumseh spy on his mother and father, but it’s really his auntie (not his mother) he tries to listen about the car. Tecumseh goes to the bridge to try to find Lum. Lum cut off his hair and painted his face, he’s limping and his hip is hurt.
Characters	Tecumseh, Elvin, Auntie Cassie, Lum
Elements and techniques
Dramatic purpose	Mystery: Auntie Cassie and Elvin arguing about finding ghosts “if you want to chase ghosts,” says my father “go right ahead.” (p.235)
Themes and motifs	Ghosts and death: “if you want to chase ghosts,” says my father “go right ahead.” (p.235)
Symbols and vivid words
FNMI & Prairie Connections	“I can see why Lum likes it here on the prairies. The fog stays low and wraps itself around the camp like a quilt, while above us the sky is black and clear and bright with stars, and it’s easy to imagine you are the centre of the universe.” (p.240)

Chapter 29 page 242- 249

Main events
Characters	Auntie Cassie, Elvin, grandmother, Skee Gardipeau, Monroe,
Elements and techniques	Juxtaposition/ magic realism: “…cows bellowing and I wonder if they can remember the good old days when they had the place to themselves, before they had to worry about Indians running them off cliffs…” (p.249)
Dramatic purpose	Tecumseh realises that the AIM tattoo really stands MIA: “I notice that MIA. It’s supposed to say AIM, but what it says in the mirror is MIA.” (p.246)
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Chapter 30 page 250-260

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FNMI & Prairie Connections	Monroe has a giveaway and gives away most of the stuff from the church “So was this your ideas?” “What” “The giveaway.”

Chapter 31 page 261-273

Main events	Tecumseh and Monroe are finishing cleaning up after the giveaway. We figure out that Monroe was the women they saw at the beginning of the book throwing bones off the horns, and then jumping. Monroe stole bones from different museums and would set them free, where they should be.
Characters	Monroe, Tecumseh, father, Rebecca, Lum,
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Chapter 32 page 274

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Chapter 33

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