"In detail sometimes raw and violent these short stories show how racism and poverty plague the lives of many American Indians. Yet even as they look these realities straight in the eye, the stories affirm the healing power of laughter and celebrate the human capacity for survival." "The characters dwell in small towns or big cities, or are simply on the road, whether along the highways that crisscross America from Ontario to Texas or in the network of the psyche. For some, such as Joe Walks-Bear (who struggles to build a new life after being jailed for a crime he did not commit) and the adolescent Russell (who wrestles with a paralyzing fear), their passages are life-transforming. For others, such as Chicago bus driver Harold Ball and the slow-walking child Muffin, their journeys involve the mundane stumbling blocks of everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

"Oh Wah! Such a Shinob!" Jason High-Flying Harold Ball The Horse Barn and Little Lady Jane Identity Crisis Joe Walks-Bear Comes Home Same Ole, Same Ole: The Industrial Education of a Redskinned Machinist Treachery in the Ghetto Slow Walker: Hero of the Mud Flat Battles Cone Trees and Big Deals Numb-Nuts and the Cheese-Head Hat

Bill and Glenda Benny Red-Beaver Nomad On the Run Smoking Pistol Syndrome Rin Tin Tin of the Yukon, or at least of Highway 80 Russell's Freedom Sawdust Bannock Sojourner Spirit Sticks Ninety Percent Bullshit, Ten Percent Skill.