The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

by Sherman Alexie

When Indians make lots of money from corporations that way, we can all hear our ancestors laughing in the trees. But we never can tell whether they’re laughing at the Indians or the whites. I think they’re laughing at pretty much everybody.

Believe me, I’m the best guitar player who ever lived. I can make my guitar sound like a drum. More than that, I can make any drum sound like a guitar. I can take a single hair from the braids of an Indian woman and make it sound like a promise come true. Like a thousand promises come true.

“Some people say he got dropped on his head when he was little. Some of the old people think he’s magic.” “What do you think?” “I think he got dropped on his head and I think he’s magic.”