An Indian man, not from the Spokane tribe, who spends all day standing outside the reservation’s Trading Post, a much-frequented convenience store, announcing to whoever passes by that the end of the world is near. He is also the second best fry bread cook on the reservation, after Big Mom and before Bessie.
Get the entire Reservation Blues LitChart as a printable PDF.
The-man-who-was-probably-Lakota Character Timeline in Reservation Blues
The timeline below shows where the character The-man-who-was-probably-Lakota appears in Reservation Blues. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
Thomas talks to the-man-who-was-probably-Lakota, a man who spends all day outside the reservation’s Trading Post. The man tells Thomas...
(full context)
...plays the song about falling to pieces. It is good, silencing the two bullies, and the-man-who-was-probably-Lakota interrupts to tell them that the end of the world is near. By now, Junior...
(full context)
Chapter 2
...fry bread-cooking contest for the past 37 years, descending from her mountain to cook, and The-Man-who-was-probably-Lakota usually came in second. Fry bread was a part of young Indian romances, and a...
(full context)
Chapter 4
At six in the morning the man-who-was-probably-Lakota begins to chant that the end of the world is near, as he always does....
(full context)
Chapter 6
...to cheer him on. Betty and Veronica try to intervene and are knocked back. Suddenly the-man-who-was-probably-Lakota steps up and knocks the raging White Hawk out with a two-by-four.
(full context)
...they “cause trouble.” At their most desperate moment, a Cadillac appears on the reservation, asking the-man-who-was-probably-Lakota to get in the car and lead them to Coyote Springs. He runs along in...
(full context)
Chapter 10
Robert Johnson is walking through town when he sees the-man-who-was-probably-Lakota. They walk together toward the Longhouse. Thomas is amazed when Johnson arrives—he looks like a...
(full context)
