BY: JANE NELSON

ANGER, PAIN, FEELINGS

'HE WANTED REVENGE...' PG. (26)

ESCAPE

'NOBODY WOULD EVER FIND HIM, AND NO ONE WOULD EVER AGAIN TELL HIM WHAT TO DO.' PG. (33)

TRUTH, RESPECT

"WE'LL PASS THE FEATHER SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, INTRODUCING OURSELVES, EXPRESSING CONCERNS, AND OFFERING IDEAS FOR HEALING AND REPAIRING THE HARM." PG. (39)

BADS=GOOD

"NOT MIXED TOGETHER, STUPID" PG. (29)

LIFE NO BEGINNING OR END

"CIRCLE JUSTICE IS FOR THOSE READY FOR HEALING." PG. (37)

FEAR

'COLE TURNED HIS HEAD AND STARED INTO THE BLACK NOTHINGNESS OF THE SHROUDED WOODS.' PG. (61)

DIGNITY, TEACHER

'A LIFETIME OF HURT, A LIFETIME OF PROVING HIMSELF, A LIFETIME OF ANGER NOW CONTROLLED HIS MUSCLES.' PG. (65)

LACK OF CONTROL

'HERE , HE WAS POWERLESS.' PG. (71)

SADNESS

"THIS HAUNTED COLE." (PG 82)

DEFIANCE, NOT AFRAID

...THE SPIRIT BEAR STOOD WATCHING HIM WITH A FEARLESS AND PASSIVE STARE. (PG 59)

TRUST, TRADITION

"THIS BLANKET HAS BEEN DOWN FOR MANY GENERATIONS IN MY FAMILY" (PG 19)

REVENGE

'A LIFETIME OF HURT, A LIFETIME OF PROVING HIMSELF, A LIFETIME OF ANGER CONTROLLED HIS MUSCLES NOW.' (PG 64)

CHANGE, DEVELOPING, CHOICES

"HE HAD SLEPT POORLY BECAUSE HE HAD CONSIDERED MAKING A CANOE INSTEAD OF A TOTEM." (PG 180)

BURDEN LIFTED, SACRIFICE, RELIEF

"GO AHEAD, ROLL THE ROCK DOWN THE HILL. ROLL AWAY YOUR ANGER." (PG 156)

LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT

"ALL OF LIFE IS A HOT DOG. MAKE OF IT WHAT YOU WILL." (PG 139)

HEALING

"THAT YOU NEED TO HELP OTHERS, LIKE A WOLF PACK." (PG 162)

TRUTH, COLE'S "CONTROL"

"I DON'T NEED TO PROVE ANYTHING. I'M TELLING THE TRUTH." (PG 111)

COLE FORGIVING HIMSELF

"I FORGIVE YOU." (PG 194)

CHOICE, LIFE

"THAT KNIFE IS LIKE LIFE. IT CAN DESTROY OR HELP YOU HEAL." (PG 175)

MOVING ON, LIFE IS BASED ON PERCEPTION

"WHAT YOU FOCUS ON BECOMES REALITY." (PG 145)