2 quotes from the story showing How Frenchie being mentored by Miig cause him to change or mature?

Miig talks about change after during and after residential schools: rebellion against extermination. This inspires Frencie to keep moving forward.

"But we sang our songs and brought them to the streets and into the classrooms—classrooms we built on our own lands and filled with our own words and books. And once we remembered that we were warriors, once we honored the pain and left it on the side of the road, we moved ahead. We were back."