“Exploring Native Identity in Tommy Orange’s There There”

7-pages for There There (plus a Works Cited).
Type and double space
Follow MLA format
A Works Cited page is required!
You must have at least five (5) outside sources in your Works Cited and applied throughout your essay. You should use the CCSF library to find your sources to ensure that they are reputable. Study guides, Wikipedia, blog sites, or other non-academic sites should not be included in your paper or your Works Cited.
This research essay must contain a Works Cited page and in-text citations in order to in a Complete!
What kind of sources should you include:
Three academic books or articles that that give critical analysis or historical and social context. 
Open choices: two or more other sources—which may include more of the above, including book reviews, interviews, or educational videos, etc.
Your essay should be a thesis driven essay, and the thesis should present a unified (no lists!) college level idea about the texts. Your body paragraphs should begin with topic sentences that state an idea about the texts and should give multiple quotes and pull-out phrases that you analyze and draw conclusions about as you prove your thesis.
All body paragraphs must follow the PIE format and the introduction must follow the introduction format (outline sheets are included here).  
Your first 1-2 body paragraphs may present important background or context, but these should begin with topic sentences that state how or why this information is important for understanding the works you will be discussing.
Prompt 
Tommy Orange presents multiple examples of how people relate to their Native identity. Using clear evidence from the text, examine at least two characters, one who navigates his/her identity in a healthy way and one who does so in an unhealthy manner. What comment or idea does the novel convey about identity for Native Americans?