Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Part 1 Abstract

* In the first section of Part 1, the author comments ironically on white people's contemporary (to 1969) perceptions of Indians.
* The author believes that white people are always interested in the "plight" of the Indian.
* White people always claim Indian heritage on their grandmother's side and usually say...
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