The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, wrote this powerful collection of stories and the screenplay, Smoke Signals, based on the book. When the movie first came out, I watched it with some Navajo friends and, at one level, we laughed heartily at such scenes as the reservation weather and traffic report; at the deeper level we were silent. Ideas can send one into quiet zones.