Sing Down The Moon Summary

Haley Ansel

7AD English

3-14-16

Book Report

Sing Down The Moon by Scott O’Dell. The setting takes place in the Navaho tribe in Arizona, between the time periods of 1863 to 1865. The lands of Arizona are very dry & some parts are grassy. There are many Indian Tribes that plant their own crops, and take their sheep to mesas where they graze & then sheared to survive. Indians have to do a lot to keep their tribes healthy and strong, including many jobs to accomplish. Then there are the Long Knives, enslavers of the Indians. The main characters are Bright Morning, Running Bird, Nehana, Rosita, Señora, and Tall Boy. The point of view is told by Bright Morning, a 14 year old brave girl who is a tall and skinny Indian girl, with a chipped tooth who loves her tribe, family, and her dog. Running Bird is a 14 year old Indian girl who is best friends and gets enslaved by the Spaniards with Bright Morning. Nehana is the 14

They’re taken back to the Spaniard’s village to be slaves, & they meet Nahana, a girl who helps them escape off with the Spaniard’s horses. They make it back to the Navaho village safe, accompanied with Tall Boy, & two other Indian men. Few days have past, and their village gets a notice to leave by the Long Knives, Americans they strongly dislike, to move out or be raided & killed. The tribe leaves & watch the Long Knives destroy their whole village. They go out and try to discover new land to build their new village on but the Long Knives catch them & bring them to the Bosque Redondo, a home to many Indians controlled by the white men. Bright Morning’s parent’s plan a marriage with her and Tall Boy. Bright Morning and Tall Boy escape Bosque Redondo and set out for a nice place to have her baby. She has her baby, & they visit their old home at Canyon de Chelly to see the sheep and how they’re