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Richard WagameseIndian Horse
Richard WagameseFiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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- 2014 novel by author Richard Wagamese
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- shares Indian Horse’s theme of Communication versus Silence
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
- 2012 nonfiction account by Thomas King
- shares topics with Indian Horse, such as racism and Indigenous-white conflicts
- The Inconvenient Indian on SuperSummary
Other Student Resources
Richard Wagamese’s presentation on Indian Horse
- a 2013 presentation at the University of British Columbia
- promotes the 2017 film adaptation of the novel
Teacher Resources
- a 2017 documentary from al-Jazeera on Canada’s residential schools, including interviews (content warning: material related to sexual assault)
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