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• Everyone runs. They bury Minerva's body and leave their captives with soup and a blanket. As they bury Minerva, Rose cuts off her braid. Frenchie does the same. It makes him feel vulnerable and increases his grief. Frenchie thinks that Miig is now their elder, and nobody mentions that in losing Minerva, they lost the key to taking down the schools.
• Chi-Boy and Wab begins living together, and summer clothing makes it obvious that Wab is pregnant.
• The revelation that Wab is pregnant offers hope for the future, even in these bleak times. Having a baby means that there's another young Indigenous person to learn the customs and the language, be able to dream, and carry this knowledge forward into the future.
• Bullet suggests they start a youth council to pass on what they know to the youth, and they put Slopper in charge. He excels at this. Frenchie explains that they're desperate to create "the kind of Indians who could not be robbed."
• The Indigenous people who can't be robbed are the ones who are connected to their history, their language, and their culture. Passing on what they do know to the children allows them to begin this process and celebrate the knowledge they do have.

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