The River Run

Key Selling Points This is a Hi/Lo novel that enables reluctant readers to have a successful reading experience. Provides young adults with an exciting novel with historical events as a background. This story offers Indigenous youth an opportunity to read a novel that features a Native protagonist with references to their cultural beliefs. The novel gives a realistic view of Indian Boarding schools that the parents or grandparents of today's Native teens might have been forced to attend. Gives an exciting portal of a daring escape and the unexpected adventures that follow. Back matter: The Pick-Sloan Act and the Five Giant Beavers (Afterword). A summary of the impact of the Pick-Sloan act upon the lands of the Lower Brule Lakota People. They called the five dams created The Five Giant Beavers, which was a vision Alfred had on his vision quest.