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Junior's birthdate
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Junior's parents can't afford to take Oscar to the vet
This date is important because Junior realizes that being poor means you can't save your loved ones -
Rowdy and Junior go to the Pow Wow
Rowdy helps Junior not be depressed about Oscar by taking him to the Pow Wow. Also states the type of relationship both Rowdy and Junior have. -
First Day of Well-Pinit High School
Introduces some important supporting characters such as Mr. P and his sister Mary. This event also introduces a major conflict that will impact the story, this conflict includes Junior throwing a book at Mr. P's nose because of the schools old books. -
Mr. P tells Junior to get education off of the reservation
Mr. P visits Junior to have an important and life changing talk. He tells Junior to get off the rez to try and achieve something greater because the rest of the kids have already given up. This convinces Junior to do so as he learned that he felt remorse for the people on the rez and that he called his sister smart. -
Junior tells his Parents that he wants to transfer to Rearden
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Junior Tells Rowdy he is going to Rearden
Initially sets the event where Rowdy now despises Junior for going to an all white school. -
Junior's first day attending Rearden High School
Introduces supporting characters that are somewhat important to plot. Some characters that are introduced to the story are Penelope, and Roger. -
Junior punches Roger
This event is important as it sets up a respectable relationship between both Roger and Junior. He (Junior) punches Roger because of something he said that was racist. -
Mary marries a white man from Montana
She tries to show that she is brave just like Junior by getting out of the Rez and marrying a white man. -
Junior secret about being poor is revealed to Roger and Penelope at Winter Formal
Junior tells Roger he doesn't have money and is given 40 bucks by Roger to pay for the meal he ordered for Penelope and him. Later on is confronted by Penelope and tells his secret. -
Junior goes to the Basket-Ball tryouts
Junior at first is intimidated by the size of the other players but later on gets noticed by the coach and makes the team because of his determination. -
Rearden loses to Well-Pinit in the Basket-Ball game
This event sets up a rivalry between the schools, but also sets up a basket-ball rivalry between Rowdy and Junior. -
Junior's Grandmother passes away
Junior's grandmother is killed by a drunk truck driver. Also tells him and his parents to forgive the man who caused her death. -
Eugene passes away
On valentines day Eugene is killed by Bobby who apparently shot him over the last drink in a bottle of wine. -
Rearden beats Well-Pinit
Rearden beats Well-Pinit by 40 points and goes on to the playoffs with an undefeated win streak. But Well-Pinit kept losing after the game. -
Mary passes away
At this point Junior really has no emotions as he has lost three people who he was close with. But his classmates at school also now has realized that he was a regular human being like the rest of them. That is why this event is so very important at this point of the story. -
Junior and Rowdy play basket-ball together
This final event is important because it settles the relationship of that peace between the relationship of Rowdy and Junior. By doing that they play ball together while Rowdy has a deep talk with Junior about having a dream of him traveling around the world and how he was the only nomadic Indian on the reservation. He also states that he was happy for him, establishing a sort of peaceful friendship for the ending of the book.
