Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Epigraph; 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 Club2 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 Jones2 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; A Biography of Sherman Alexie; Copyright
Summary
John Smith, born Indian, struggles to find his heritage amidst a bigoted and angry community that is looking for a serial killer who scalps his white victims
