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Plot Overview

The short stories are interconnected, but each is unique. All of the stories center around the life of the Native Americans, or Indians, on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Thomas Builds-the-fire is one of the central protagonists whose voice is heard throughout most of the stories. The narrative also centers on Victor Joseph and his friends and family. He tells some of the stories from his first-person perspective while some of the stories are told about him from the third-person omniscient perspective.