Pretty-shield, Medicine Woman of the Crows 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.

Chapter One Abstract

* Pretty-shield comes to see Frank Linderman at the Crow Agency with Goes-together, who will be her interpreter.
* Linderman learns that he must ask Pretty-Shield direct questions because of her circuitous story-telling.
* Pretty-Shield tells Linderman that a man who married a woman had the authority to claim...
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