Indians on Vacation

  • Uncle Leroy’s big idea (part 2)

    This is an excerpt from the book Indians on Vacation by Thomas King. If you missed it, you can read part one of this passage here. When Bernie tells the story of Uncle Leroy, she closes her eyes so she can see the story, whole and complete. “I told you it wasn’t much of a…

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  • Uncle Leroy’s big idea (part 1)

    This is an excerpt from the book Indians on Vacation by Thomas King. At some point in the story of Uncle Leroy and the Crow bundle, Bernie would touch on the drinking. “Leroy was no drunk,” she would say, “but he did drink. And Mr. Nelson or Wilson was one of those born-againers. Man thought…

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