The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 130-230

After getting a letter from his sister after she ran off with another Indian fellow to a different state Junior decided to try out for the basketball team. Coach comes up to him and tells him that if your here to try out then start doing some running and making some shots. After watching junior for a long time he then sees he has much potential to play for this team. Junior was a great shooter and could sink three pointers like his day job. He was not a strong dribbler though and had some trouble over powering and being faster than most of the kids on the team. The coach then put Roger up against Junior to see what he can do. They played one on one for a while Roger easily over powering Arnold but Arnold made a lot of shots on him and even stole the ball once. Coach was impressed and said he would be playing a little varsity. Junior was shocked to hear that he would be playing varsity ball. After some time practicing and going to school he then goes home to find out his grandmother passed away. This upsets Junior more than anything and he starts to realize all of the things that his grandma had taught him and what some of her greatest traits where. He thinks his Grandma's best trait is tolerance and how she put up with everything that happened around her with a smile. At the funeral there were thousands of Indians there who knew his grandma and he realized just how much she meant to not just him but many others and how she traveled everywhere and made so many friends. One person who caught his eye was a white man who was there and looked very rich. At the funeral he tells how he loved the Indian people and collected many things from their culture. He tells a story about a Indian who came to his house and begged for cash for his sister who had cancer and how he would sell him a woman's beaded dancing dress to him. He gave him a thousand dollars for it and sent him on his way because he knew he stole the dress from someone but it was so beautiful that he had to buy it. It kept him up at night knowing that he bought a stolen dress and he then went on his way to return it to the owner. He had asked a expert look at it and he said it was Spokane and was owned by Grandma Spirit who was Junior's grandma. Junior's mom then went up to look at it and tells him its Cherokee and his expert was not an expert and he went on his way. Everybody at the funeral burst out in laughter and laughed the whole funeral. Junior played many basketball games and even played his hometown and it was an intense game. Rowdy played against him and gave Junior a concussion and won the game against them. Later the last game of the season they played them again and Junior gave a interview to a news person and told him how this meant the world to him to win and show everyone he was strong. They go out and play hard and Junior guards rowdy and steals the ball from him and goes and sinks a three pointer on him. This set the whole mood of the game and Junior's team won against them by 40 points and he was so happy until he saw the faces of his fellow Indians. During the summer he stayed in his basement and read comics and watched T.V and still thought Rowdy hated him but then came a knock on the door. It was Rowdy and he tells Junior how he always knew he would leave and was happy for him and pretty much brought their friendship back together. They went out to play some one on one and played all day and all through the night and did not keep score.