Indian Horse - Comprehension Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. What the residential school system tries to erase from Indigenous children.
  2. 5. What Saul’s early years with his family and later life at school are all about.
  3. 7. Saul first learns to skate on a frozen pond near a moose trail.
  4. 8. Saul’s early life centers around his tight-knit but struggling relatives.
  5. 10. The sport that becomes Saul’s escape and passion.
  6. 11. What sets Saul apart in the sport of hockey.
  7. 12. The priest at St. Jerome’s who introduces Saul to organized hockey and encourages his talent.
  8. 15. The identity Saul is forced to suppress at the school.
  9. 17. The type of school Saul is forced to attend.
  10. 18. The surface where Saul first learns to skate and play.
  11. 20. The area where Saul's family tries to live traditionally before being separated.
Down
  1. 1. What Saul and others suffer at the hands of school staff.
  2. 2. The name of the residential school Saul is taken to.
  3. 3. Saul and the other children are punished for speaking their own.
  4. 6. The word used to describe white settlers or outsiders.
  5. 9. A constant feeling Saul experiences after being removed from his family.
  6. 13. Saul joins a team after impressing older boys with his skill.
  7. 14. What Saul does obsessively to improve his game.
  8. 16. What hockey becomes for Saul — a way to leave trauma behind.
  9. 19. The protagonist, a young Ojibwe boy with a gift for hockey.