A comparative between the "The Lone Ranger" and "Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven", by Sherman Alexie and Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko.

With The Light Of Knowing " My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From Them I take only my existence. From my tribe I take nothing I have made my self what I am." Tecumseh -Shawnee chief When the world was created and the first man and first woman walked the world alone, there were no tribes. From them selves they created the People, and being all brothers and sisters from the same parents …

…characters try to come to terms with the nature of their relationship to the world. The way they are reviled and maltreated by those of lighter color and 'noble' birth. They use their past as a shield, a cushion to break the fall of failure. To many Indians, the past is a dangerous and no longer useful part of their lives but as we experience through these book the truth is contrary to this ideology.