Indian Killer (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherman Alexie
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The late 1960’s to the 1990’s
- Setting: Seattle, Washington; the Tulalip Indian Reservation
- Principal Characters: John Smith, Olivia Smith, Daniel Smith, Marie Polatkin, Reggie Polatkin, Dr. Clarence Mather, Jack Wilson, Truck Schultz, David Rogers
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Culture, Family or family life, Parents and children, Tradition, Murder or homicide, Native Americans or American Indians, Adoption or adopted children, Identity, Mass murderers or serial killers
- Locales: Seattle, WA, Tulalip Indian Reservation, WA
As a full-blooded Native American, born and reared in Wellpinit on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington, Sherman Alexie is well aware of his people’s problems in contemporary, white- dominated society. Since 1992, when as a college student he published his first book, a collection of poems entitled I Would Steal Horses, he has voiced his concerns about Native Americans in several genres, including fiction. There were five short stories in The Business of Fancydancing (1992), as well as a number of poems and vignettes, while The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight...
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