"Here's the Chief. The soo-pah Chief, fellas. Ol' Chief Broom."
This is an important quote because it is the first interaction the protagonist has with anyone else in the ward, and it shows how the protagonist is viewed. t also tells the reader that he is Indian, and his Indian heritage is talked about a lot. It's the first thing people say about him.
"I been silent so long now it's gonna roar out of me like flood waters... But it's the truth even if it didn't happen."
I had to read this a few times, and I still don't quit understand it. I didn't fully get that the protagonist was telling the story of his past, not the present. "But it's the truth even if it didn't happen." makes no sense to me. I think he is either trying to say that it is his truth, or that there are no records or proof that any of this happened.
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