Junior cries on page on 216-217 not only because of his family's deaths (including Eugene), but that he knew more and more of Spokanes would die the next and the year after. "I cried because so many of my fellow tribal members were slowly killing themselves and I wanted them to live."- this quote really shows no hope for the Spokanes. As long as they were still on the "rez" , there hopes and aspirations were slowly becoming less feasible. He cries because of the lack of hope.
I agree that Junior cries because of all of the misfortunes that have happened in his life. I also agree that he cries because he knows what will happen to his fellow tribal members in the future. His lack of hope for the future is slowly bringing him down and all he wants to do is try and renew/save the lives of his fellow tribal members.
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