Collection of more than thirty stories written by major and emerging American Indian writers from 1974 through 1994, exploring themes of Native American spirituality, ritual, and identity.

Zuma Chowt's Cave -- Tony's Story -- Yellow Calf -- Wili Woyi -- The Snakeman -- Eagles -- Flute Song -- Pilgrims -- Tender Street -- Aniwaya, Anikawa, and the Killer Teen-Agers -- Amen -- Soul-Catcher -- Coyote Learns a New Trick -- Charlie -- Tsoai -- The Orchard -- Compatriots -- A Seat in the Garden -- Bicenti -- Jules Bart, Giving Too Much -August 1946 -- Indigenous Irony -- Humiliation of the Boy -- Lipsha's Luck -- Bears -- The Russian Duck -- Groom Service -- Somebody Kept Saying Powwow -- Neon Powwow -- The Woman Who Fell from the Sky -- Christianity Comes to the Sioux -- Beat the Drum Slowly...don't...stop...too...fast -- Mary -- Siobhan La Rue in Color.