![]() Junior is one of only a few people from the Spokane reservation to attend college, and because of this, he has a tense relationship with his peers. Victor rejects him when they are young because of his behavior, but they reconcile after taking a trip together in "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona." Junior Polatkin Other characters see him as eccentric – he frequently tells surreal stories about Spokane and Indigenous history, believes he can fly, and has prophetic visions. Thomas Builds-the-FireĪnother one of the collection's central characters, Thomas is the same age as Victor. ![]() As an adult, he has several unhealthy relationships with white women, suffers grief after his father's death, and struggles with alcoholism, but with great effort he eventually stops drinking. He endures poverty and racism as a child, and makes a difficult transition when he attends high school off the reservation. He appears in many of the stories and grows from an innocent child to a disillusioned young adult. ![]()
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