The Dark Wind 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.

Sections 1 - 4 Abstract

* Three Hopis are crossing the Wepo Wash on their way to celebrate the Niman Kachina rain ceremony.
*On their way, the men discover the skinned body of a young Navajo man with a bullet hole above his right eye.
* The pilot of a Cessna has picked up a...
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