Write a paper about Saul Indian Horse, who experiences institutional racism throughout his life, one that is upended and causes him historical trauma.

Indian Horse, the Book and the Film
Richard Wagamese tells us the heart wrenching story of Saul Indian Horse, who from a very young age and well into hiss adulthood, experiences many incidents of trauma that build up over time. In fact, Saul’s experience is connected to “historical trauma” as a conceptual perspective that highlights “the cumulative, intergenerational, collective experience of emotional and psychological injury in communities and in descendants.”
Brave Heart, Elkins, Tafoya, Bird, & Salvador (2012). “Wicasa Was’aka: Restoring the Traditional Strength of American Indian Males.” American Journal of Public Health, 102(S2), 177-183.
In the novel, Saul tells us the stories that framed his life experience, a life that begins before his birth. He descends from the Fish Clan of the Northern Ojibway of the Lake of the Woods area of Canada (and the United States). We learn about many powerful and events and circumstances faced by Saul, one of which was the sudden transition from the world he shared with his Grandmother, Father, Mother, and brother into a world inside St. Jerome’s Indian residential school where priests and nuns enforced strict standards of assimilation. After leaving St. Jerome’s Saul lives with a Native family and plays in a hockey league where Native reserve-based communities compete in games with other. Living in Toronto and playing for a professional hockey team, Saul in confronted by an event that triggers his historical trauma leading him down a pathway to self-destruction.
The film is an adaptation of the novel highlights main aspects of the story in an attempt to stay as close to the novel as possible. While the film follows certain aspects of the story, some qualities or components are changed or excluded altogether. In fact, many aspects of the film have some sort of influence on the story being represented in the film (for example the actors may or may not perform or represent the characters as you imagined them, etc.). In short, the film in itself is a representation and/or interpretation of the novel where there are differences and similarities between the film and the book, and as a reader, you form your own impressions and interpretations while reading the novel.
Paper 2
Write a paper about Saul Indian Horse, who experiences institutional racism throughout his life, one that is upended and causes him historical trauma.
Here are some general questions to help frame your analysis:
Identify and discuss important events and circumstances in the life experience of Saul Indian Horse.
Identify and discuss two differences between the novel and the film. Why is it important to highlight these dissimilarities? For example, was Saul Indian Horse represented in the film as you imagined him to be while reading the novel?
In your discussion, draw conclusions about what you learned about Native Americans by reading the novel and watching the film.
As best as you can, frame your analysis from the vantage point of the main character. Be sure to include citations, especially when referring to the book (the novel by Wagamese and/or the text by Aguirre and Turner). Your paper should be 3 to 4 pages in length (double-spaced please), and be sure to use appropriate font sizes, margins, etc.

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