The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | Setting
The setting of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is key to the stories and their meanings. The Spokane Indian Reservation is a place quite different from the America most young people have experienced. Alexie candidly describes the poverty, the problems, the separateness of this life, and yet almost none of the residents can live successfully elsewhere. While not described in great detail, the "rez" is a rather barren place comprised of government- sponsored low-income HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) houses with TVs, the Powwow Tavern, the Trading...
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