The Fencepost Chronicles is narrated by Silas Ermineskin, an eighteen-yearold Cree living on the Hobbema Reserve in northern Canada. Similarly, the narratives reintroduce Silas's friends who appear in the other stories: Frank Fencepost, Silas's closest friend; Connie Big Charles, Frank's girlfriend; Said One-wound, Silas's girlfriend; Mad Etta, the reserve's four-hundred pound Medicine Lady who has an affinity for Lethbridge Pale Ale; the militant Bedelia Coyote who belongs to organizations that range from "Save the Whales" and "Free the Prisoners" to "Stop Acid Rain" and "Stop the Missiles"; Louis Coyote and his ancient but reliable pickup truck; and Silas's sisters Delores and Illianna. As in Kinsella's other story collections, The Fencepost Chronicles trace the clash between Indian and white cultures and reveal internal tribal conflicts by examining the attitudes of native Americans like Chief Tom Crow-eye, Samantha Yellowknees, and Yogarth Running Eagle, who prefer the white world...