Redbone provides a voice to a people long neglected in American history

without the usual trappings of confrontation

honoring the past's complexity and providing insights into the present

who moved to the big city of Minneapolis

But as Native people become mobile

Thunder Boy Jr. politics Redbone provides a voice toThunder Boy Jr. is named after his dad, but he wants a name that's all his own. Just because people call his dad Big Thunder doesn't mean he wants to be Little Thunder. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he's done, like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten Thousand Teeth, or Full of Wonder. But just when Thunder Boy Jr. thinks all hope is lost, he and his dad pick the perfect name a name that is sure to light up the sky. National Book Award