Contents

1 Owl Dancing

1 Mythology

2 The Last Skyscraper in Seattle

3 Owl Dancing at the Beginning of the End of the World

4 How He Imagines His Life on the Reservation

5 How It Happened

6 Truck Schultz

7 Introduction to Native American Literature

8 Testimony

9 Building

10 Confessions

11 Cousins

12 Seattle’s Best Donuts

13 Indian Gambling

14 Testimony

15 Variations

16 Greek Chorus

17 All the Indians in the World

18 In Search Of

19 Native American Studies

20 The Sandwich Lady

21 Killing the Dragon

2 Hunting Weather

1 The Aristotle Hawk Fan Club

2 Testimony

3 The Learning Curve

4 Chemistry

5 Big Heart’s Soda and Juice Bar

6 Testimony

7 Mark Jones

8 The Messenger

9 John Smith

10 Finding the Body

11 Fire Starter

12 The Battle of Queen Anne

13 Night Terrors

14 Blank Pages

15 Mark Jones

16 The Last Precinct

17 Deconstruction

18 Cousins

19 The Aurora Avenue Massacre

20 The Elliott Bay Book Company

21 Testimony

22 Slow Dancing with the Most Beautiful Indian Woman on Earth

23 A Conversation

24 Mark Jones

25 How He Imagines His Life on the Reservation

26 Hunting Weather

3 Last Call

1 Mark Jones

2 Testimony

3 Seattle’s Best Donuts

4 Higher Education

5 Olivia and Daniel

6 The Searchers

7 Testimony

8 How It Happened

9 Marie

10 Truck

11 Wilson

12 Truck

13 Anger

14 A Conversation

15 Mother

16 Marie

17 Catholicism

18 Last Call at Big Heart’s

19 Running

20 Radio Silence

21 How It Happened

22 Testimony

23 Dreaming

24 Testimony

25 The Last Skyscraper in Seattle

26 Testimony

27 Decisions

28 Leaving

29 Flying

30 Testimony

31 A Creation Story

Acknowledgments