Below are 8 thematic threads.

First, choose a theme and make certain you understand what it means.

Second, identify which theme you chose, but by writing it in your first sentence.

Third, provide a specific quote from the book Killers of the Flower Moon (with page number) that clearly describes your chosen theme.

Fourth, write your own 5-6 sentence commentary on how the quote illustrates the theme. Write clearly with detailed example(s).

**Be specific, use course vocabulary, concepts, and examples from the book as you demonstrate your accumulating knowledge.

**Be sure you are focused on the Osage experience from KFM in your response(s).

Thematic Threads:

1. Assimilation - Osage Specific

2. Allotment - Osage Specific

3. Legal Jurisdiction -- Osage Specific (must incorporate Henry Roan accurately)

4. John Palmer, the Underground Rez, and Headrights (Osage specific)

5. Blood Quantum and Guardianship (Osage Specific)

6. Evolution of the "Justice is Blind" Ideal (Osage Specific)

7. How does the Osage experience provide an example of the idea of "shared historical trauma?"

8. How does the Osage experience provide an example of the idea of "Colonization, Continued?"