Black Water: Part 1

Are there any of David’s experiences you find familiar? Throughout the book so far, we see many examples of how stereotypes about Indigenous Peoples affect David – whether it’s being scared of Vince at a party, or feeling shame of his Indigeneity to the point of denying it to a girl at school. How did the existence of stereotypes about Indigenous Peoples affect David growing up? Why exactly does David feel he’s going home as he and his father, Dulas, fly towards Norway House, even though he had never been there? What does home mean to him? In your own words, what is blood memory
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