Lakota Dance Background Read the background information on Sioux history and culture to answer your homework questions on our final book. The following Sioux Background and History Questions should be completed on a print-out of the sheet or written on loose-leaf.
Children of the Plains 20/20 Journalist Diane Sawyer investigates Pine Ridge
Voices From The Gaps: Susan Power Information on the author and literary criticism on her work
“Two Distinct Voices”: The Revolutionary Call of Susan Power’s The Grass Dancer Literary criticism on the novel
Final Exam Practice Text Analysis Practice for the final with a passage from The Grass Dancer
Video: Susan Power discusses writing The Grass Dancer
Video: Susan Power discusses characters in The Grass Dancer
Video: Susan Power discusses Red Dress from The Grass Dancer
Thunderheart Movie Trailer – This 1992 film captures many of the same themes as The Grass Dancer, with a little action/adventure added in. Starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, and Graham Greene.
