Timeline of The Asolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

By Rigmor

  • Dog dies

  • Bowwow festival

  • High school starts

  • Indian hits Mr. P with book - he comes to house to talk

  • Junior transfers school

  • Hits Roger in the face

  • Halloween - trick or treating raising money for poor

  • Gets attacked and money stolen - Penelope says it's okay

  • Mr. Dodge teases Junior in class

  • Sister moves to Montana and gets married

  • Junior asks Gordy to be his friend

  • Thanksgiving

  • Junior misses Rowdy and gives him a comic

  • Junior hears a girl throwing up in the bathroom (anorexic)

  • Penelope accepts Junior → leads to everyone’s acceptance

  • Winter formal - people find out that Junior is poor (roger gives him money)

  • Signs up for basketball → makes the team

  • Plays against the tribe (spokane indians)

  • Reardan loses the game and Junior gets hit in the head

  • Grandmother gets killed by a drunk driver

  • Grandmother’s wake is three days later

  • Billionaire Ted comes to the wake with powwow dance outfit

  • Eugene (dad’s friend) shot in the face

  • Junior is depressed and blames himself for everyone’s death.

  • He wants to go back to Wellpinit → skunks classes

  • Comes back to class and gets mocked by teacher

  • The whole class defends him and makes a protest

  • “there are two types of people - the ones who are assholes and the ones who are not”

  • Plays Wellpinit again - Junior has to defend against Rowdy.

  • Rowdy gets the ball and wants to dunk it - Junior jumps beforehand. Wins over Rowdy and the team

  • Sister dies (also a drunk when dying)

  • During the ceremony - junior runs away and he bumps into Rowdy in the forest.

  • Touches Rowdys shoulder, and Rowdy hits Junior - misses

  • Rowdy tells Junior: You killed your sister because you left

  • Rowdy comes to Juniors house

  • Rowdy and Junior plays basketball and Rowdy tells Junior he is a nomad who will travel the world