When I read this prompt, I immediately thought about how hockey also functions as a way to keep his spirit alive and the beliefs of his people. In the novel we see, he is not only talented as any player but that he has a gift, he feels and sees the game like no other. He explains this on page 58, "Shabogeesick's gift had been passed on me. There's no other explanation for how I was able to see this foreign game so completely right away." Hockey became a life-line for Saul in the very lifeless reality of residential schools. It also became the reason he was able to find family. I think this speaks on the reclamation of the settler culture.
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