Alexie includes multiple references to dancing in the text, notably so in the story “A Drug Called Tradition.” In it, Victor narrates, “We dance in circles growing larger and larger until we are standing on the shore, watching all the ships returning to Europe. For example, the Dreamer Cult advocated a return to spiritual dances such as the Prophet Dance and the Spirt Dance, visions, and feasts. However, despite the Christian influence, the Dreamer Cult leaders aimed to abandon the culture and beliefs of European colonizers and encourage a return to traditional lifestyles. The Dreamer Cult combined traditional native spirituality with Christianity. One of the most prominent Spokane religions was known as the Dreamer Cult and emerged from colonization pressures during the latter half of the 1800s. Currently, the inactive list remains designated as a Superfund cleaning site, meaning it exposes the local population to harmful contaminants.Ībove: A map outlining the ancestral geographic territory of the Spokane tribes, with the current reservation labeled in white. In the 1950s, uranium deposits were found on the reservation and mined from 1956 through 1982. Historically, the Spokane people were semi-nomadic for the majority of the year and established winter villages for three months each year. The population currently stands at 2,085.
Hayes signed an executive order to forcibly place the Spokane-area tribes in the relatively small area they now inhabit today, compared to the three million acres once lived upon by the Spokane tribes. Located in the eastern segment of Washington, around the unincorporated community of Wellpinit, the Spokane Indian Reservation consists of approximately 159,000 acres. Alexie expertly weaves cultural and historical details into a compelling, educational narrative to ultimately illustrate the nature of life on the reservation. Centering mainly around a Native American man named Victor, the collection depicts candid accounts of life for the Spokane peoples, both the joys and overwhelming difficulties they’ve continually faced for centuries.
Sherman Alexie’s 1993 novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a collection of interrelated stories focused on the happenings on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington state.
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