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Chapt. 8

-Anna Thunders early life before being a witch.

- warns her niece Dina to ignore Red Dress spirit because her magic is evil.

-Dina’s mother Joyce is jealous of Anna because of her Marriage with Emery even though her husband Clifford is a good man.

- Suddenly Anna’s husband Emery and son Chaske both die unexpectedly.

- Anna is left alone. Dina no longer visits her after Chaske death.

Chapter 4 : Moonwalk

- Margaret Many Wounds was dying of diabetes
- She is the mother of Lydia and Evelyn.
-Towards the end of her life, Margaret has been taunted with the secrets that she’s kept from her children.
- Their father was a white man name Dr. Sakuma. He was a surgeon she worked with in ww2.
-Margaret named Evelyn after his deceased wife. Evelyn overheard her making these confessions at night.

Chapt. 3 :The medicine hole

*I learned about Herods character outside of Frank Pipes grandpa

* He is a respected Yuwipi man in his community but struggles in his personal life.

*Herods marriage is going downhill as dislikes who his wife has become. He feels that her friend Josephine has influenced her negatively through exposing her to sexual liberation books.

*He does not understand her sudden change

I appreciated how Jeanette was open to listening to her students' Native American folklore. It's refreshing that she encourages them to share their culture rather than forcing them to conform to the Western world. Jeanette respects their beliefs and is eager to learn from the various stories they've shared with her in class.

I hope Charlene does not get influenced by her Grandma Mercury. She’s teaching her the wrong way of life.

Also I find it suspicious how Pumpkin got in an accident randomly out of nowhere. The timing was crazy and I wonder if it was Mercury’s doing.