Characters in The Only Good Indians

Lewis Clarke

A Blackfeet postal worker in Great Falls who left the reservation and married outside it after the hunt; guilt over the pregnant elk he was forced to kill resurfaces as visions that unravel his marriage and his grip on reality.

Cassidy Sees Elk

Also called Cass; the one of the four friends who stays on the reservation and tries to build a stable life — a steady job, savings, a relationship with Jo — while the past catches up with him.

Gabriel Cross Guns

Known as Gabe; a Blackfeet man with a troubled reputation on the reservation who pins his own redemption on his daughter Denorah's basketball talent.

The Elk Head Woman

The vengeful presence that stalks the four men a decade after the hunt; its true nature as an elk spirit avenging the slaughtered pregnant cow is a central reveal.

Victor Yellow Tail

Nathan Yellow Tail

Also in Off the Reservation