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  Junior was born with too much cerebral spinal fluid in his head.
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  Junior's dog, Oscar, is shot by Junior's father because they can't afford a vet.
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  Junior gets angry that the textbook he gets was once his mother's and throws it... at the teacher.
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  Mr.P finds Junior while he is suspended and tells him he is sorry for the way he has treated the people on the reservation. Mr. P tells Junior to leave the reservation.
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  Junior leaves Wellpinit to move to the public school Reardan.
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  Junior punched Roger in the face for telling a racist joke. Junior thinks Roger is gonna beat him up so he asks his grandmother for advice but Roger turns out to respect him.
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  Junior develops a crush on a white girl at Reardan and meets a kid that is smarter than him.
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  Junior's sister meets someone at the casino and she moves to Montana to marry him.
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  Junior's grandmother is hit and killed by a drunk driver.
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  Eugene, Arnold Sr.'s best friend, gets shot in a fight while drunk.
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  Junior is on Reardan's basketball team and has to play his best friend and his old school.
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  Junior's sister dies in a fire in her trailer.