The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band

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The R ed Bird All-Indian Traveling Band Volume 77 Sun Tracks An American Indian Literary Series Series Editor Ofelia Zepeda Editorial Committee Larry Evers Joy Harjo Geary Hobson N. Scott Momaday Irvin Morris Simon J. Ortiz Craig Santos Perez Kate Shanley Leslie Marmon Silko Luci Tapahonso The R ed Bird All-Indian Traveling Band Frances Washburn Frances Washburn The University of Arizona Press© 2014 The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved www.uapress.arizona.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Washburn, Frances. The Red Bird All-Indian traveling band / Frances Washburn. pages cm. — (Sun tracks ; v. 77) (An American Indian Literary series) ISBN 978-0-8165-3082-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Country musicians—Fiction. 2. Indians of North America—Fiction. I. Title. PS3623.A8673R43 2014 813’.6—dc23 2013034407 Publication of this book is made possible in part by the proceeds of a permanent endowment created with the assistance of a Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency. Manufactured in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper containing a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste and processed chlorine free. 19 18 17 16 15 14 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Misun, Billy Stratton, who listened to me tell some odd, crazy stories and said, “You should turn those into a novel.” And so I have. Thank you, Soup. The R ed Bird All-Indian Traveling Band ...