He realizes that through dancing, he can connect with his family members who are there at the event since it brings people together. Orvil participates in a showcase of dancers as he joins them to dance. Blue reflects on her past abuse by her ex-husband Paul and how she has overcome it as a Native community organizer.Īt the powwow, everyone is in a festive mood and looking forward to having fun. Meanwhile, Edwin Black joins the powwow committee after securing an internship with the Indian Center in order to connect with his birth father, Harvey, who might attend the powwow. He also discovers that there’s a lump in his leg that seems to be leaking spider legs. Meanwhile, Dene Oxendene gets funding for his storytelling project about Native Americans living in Oakland and looks forward to realizing his uncle’s dream at the powwow.įourteen-year-old Orvil Red Feather learns about Native culture from YouTube, and he is excited to enter a dance competition at the powwow. She reconnects with Harvey, the father of the child she gave up for adoption long ago, and they go to Oakland together. Jacquie goes to a professional conference in Albuquerque while trying to maintain her sobriety. Calvin is on the committee and provides valuable insider information.
Interwoven with these central stories are tales of other individuals who are interconnected in unlikely ways-though they often aren’t aware of those connections.Īs the powwow nears, Octavio plans with Calvin Johnson and his brother Charles about how to steal tens of thousands of dollars in cash prizes from the powwow. One person is Tony Loneman who wants to rob the powwow because he’s ashamed of his face which was damaged due to fetal alcohol syndrome Octavio Gomez is a drug dealer and mastermind behind this scheme Dene Oxendene is trying to honor his recently deceased uncle by collecting stories from other Native Americans living in Oakland for a documentary film Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield her half-sister Jacquie Red Feather and Jacquie’s culturally adrift grandchildren Orvil, Lony, and Loother also struggle to understand one another. They are all connected by their heritage and history, but they don’t realize that because they’re disconnected from one another. In the weeks leading up to the Big Oakland Powwow, a group of people with Native American heritage living in Oakland prepare for it. 1-Page Summary of There There Overall Summary
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