The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a critically acclaimed collection of interconnected short stories by Sherman Alexie that explores contemporary Native American life, identity, and struggle, particularly on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
adaptationDirector Chris Eyre
adaptationReleaseYear 1998
adaptationScreenwriter Sherman Alexie
adaptationType feature film
adaptedInto Smoke Signals
author Sherman Alexie
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
featuresCharacter Junior
Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Victor Joseph
genre Native American literature
literary fiction
short stories
hasPart A Drug Called Tradition
Amusements
Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock
Every Little Hurricane
Indian Education
Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother Is Alive and Well on the Spokane Indian Reservation
The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (short story)
The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore
This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona
hasTheme assimilation
friendship
identity
myth and popular culture
racism
reservation life
literaryMovement contemporary Native American Renaissance
mainSubject Native American identity
Spokane Indian Reservation
alcoholism
contemporary Native American life
cultural conflict
family relationships
poverty
storytelling
narrativeForm interconnected short stories
notableWorkOf Sherman Alexie
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 1993
publisher Atlantic Monthly Press
setting Spokane Indian Reservation
Washington State
targetAudience adult readers

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Sherman Alexie notableWork The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Native American literature notableWork The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven hasPart This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven hasPart The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (short story)
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Reservation Blues sharesCharactersWith The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Smoke Signals basedOn The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven