The Bird is Gone: A Manifesto

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University of Alabama Press, Sep 4, 2003 - Fiction - 173 pages
Imagine a world where the American government signed a conservation act to "restore all indigenous flora and fauna to the Great Plains," which means suddenly the Great Plains are Indian again. Now fast-forward fourteen years to a bowling alley deep in the Indian Territories. People that bowling alley with characters named LP Deal, Cat Stand, Mary Boy, Courtney Peltdowne, Back Iron, Denim Horse, Naitche, and give them a chance to find a treaty signed under duress by General Sherman, which effectively gives all of the Americas back to the Indians, only hide that treaty in a stolen pipe, put it in a locker, and flush the key down the toilet. Ask LP Deal and the rest what they will trade to get that key back--maybe, everything.
 

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Ten Little Indians
13
The Only Good Indian
43
Indian Corn
53
Skin Deep
63
Indian Burn
75
Birds of a Feather
101
Roses are Red
111
A Good Day to Die Again
121
Make Him Dance
131
Blue Moons
137
Red Dawn
145
Terms
163
Artefacts
175
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Stephen Graham Jones is a Blackfoot Native American and author of numerous novels, including the award-winning FC2 novels The Fast Red Road and The Bird is Gone, and one award-winning short story collection, Bleed Into Me. He is the Ivena Baldwin professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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