![]() ![]() For the first time in her life, Regina comes face to face with the viciousness of racism, personally and toward her new friends. She's never met kids of other races, and they've never met a real Indian. ![]() Regina finds a whole new world in her neighborhood on 58th Place. With no good jobs available in Oregon, Regina's father signs the family up for the Indian Relocation program and moves them to Los Angeles. But when the federal government signs a bill into law that says Regina's tribe no longer exists, Regina becomes "Indian no more" overnight-even though she was given a number by the Bureau of Indian Affairs that counted her as Indian, even though she lives with her tribe and practices tribal customs, and even though her ancestors were Indian for countless generations. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde reservation is all ten-year-old Regina has ever known. ![]()
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