Jackson returns to the wharf and asks the Aleut men to sing some traditional songs for him, explaining that he misses his grandmother. In response, Williams gives him $30 and wishes him well. Williams tries to drop off Jackson at a detox center, but Jackson protests, explaining that he only has a few hours left to recover the regalia. Refusing to leave, Jackson gets into a fight with the bartender and then blacks out he comes to his senses two hours later with a broken nose and settles down to sleep on a railroad track.Įarly the next morning, Jackson is woken by Officer Williams-a policeman Jackson is friendly with. Jackson hooks up with Irene in the bar’s restroom, but both she and Honey Boy have disappeared by the time the bar closes. He spends his remaining $80 on shots for everyone at the bar while striking up a conversation with a woman named Irene Muse and a man named Honey Boy. Jackson gives $20 to Mary and-after trying and failing to find Junior-heads to the “all-Indian bar” Big Heart’s. The second entitles him to a free lottery ticket, and when he returns to claim it, he learns he’s won $100. Jackson checks in on Junior once more and then visits a Korean grocery store, where he buys two lottery tickets from a cashier named Mary. Jackson only manages to sell five before giving up and buying dinner, which he immediately throws up. Sympathetic to Jackson’s plight, the Big Boss gives him a free stack of newspapers to sell. There he encounters and mourns with three Aleut men who have been waiting 11 years for a boat to take them back to their native islands.Īfter returning to check on Junior, who is still passed out, Jackson visits the headquarters of Real Change-a non-profit that provides him with occasional work. After passing out, Jackson wakes up to find Rose gone and wanders down to the wharf. Jackson and his friends spend the pawnbroker’s money on alcohol while brainstorming ways to raise more cash. The pawnbroker, however, says he can’t afford to give away an item he bought for $1,000 instead he offers Jackson 24 hours to come up with $999, giving him $20 to get him started. The regalia strongly resembles one that was stolen from his grandmother, so Jackson goes inside and speaks to the pawnbroker, corroborating his claim by finding a single yellow bead sewn into the garment-the trademark flaw Jackson’s family always stitched into their regalia. While walking with two friends ( Rose of Sharon and Junior) one day, Jackson spots a powwow-dance regalia in the window of a pawnshop. Following a string of jobs and relationships, Jackson “went crazy” and has since been living on the streets of Seattle. The story is narrated by a Spokane man named Jackson Jackson.
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