MONTANA 1948 Latest Update Graded A+

MONTANA 1948 Latest Update Graded A+ Author Larry Watson Place/Time story takes place in Bentrock, Mercer County in Montana in 1948 Tribe Reservation that lived in Mercer County - Fort Warren Indian reservation - Sioux tribe - The women were being sexually abused by Uncle Frank who was a doctor Narrator Main character David Hayden tells the story David Hayden - main character and narrator - he tells the story from when he was 12, but now he is 52 - he is a history teacher and is married to Betsy Gail Hayden -David's mom - she is married to Wesley and wants him to practice law and move out of Bentrock - she is secretary and hired a Sioux Indian woman to take care of David Wesley Hayden - David's father - He is the sheriff of Mercer County - He is a lawyer but decided to become the sheriff to please his father - He knows his brother Frank is molesting the Indian women and wants to charge him for his crime - He has a bum leg due to a kick from a horse Uncle Frank Hayden - Wesley's brother - he is a doctor - he was sexually abusing women on the reservation who come to him seeking treatment - he molested and later killed David's nanny Marie - he killed himself Aunt Gloria - Frank's wife Marie Little Soldier - David's nanny, - Native American woman member of the Sioux tribe - She lives at the Hayden's house and takes care of David - she is sexually abused and killed by Uncle Frank who is a doctor Grandpa Julian Hayden - Wesley and Frank's father - David's grandpa - he was the county sheriff for years - he favors Frank and tries to break him out of David's house when his father Wesley locked him up in the cellar for abusing the Indian women Len McAuley - Wesley's deputy sheriff - he witnessed Frank leaving the house after killing Marie and helps Wesley to keep Frank locked up - he becomes sheriff when Wesley left town Ronnie Tall Bear - Marie's (David's