The narrator in “Blue Winds Dancing,” by Tom Whitecloud, talks about the day he comes home to his Indian community from college. The narrator is making his journey home for Christmas break. He explains the differences between the community which he lives in at school and the Indian community he is going home to. When the narrator gets home, he feels out of place. He is not sure if everyone is even going to remember …showed first 75 words of 745 total…

…showed last 75 words of 745 total…he has been gone for a while. Everything is still the same. “All the eyes are friendly; they all laugh. No one questions my being here. The drums begin to beat again, and I catch the invitation in the eyes of the old men. My feet begin to lift to the rhythm, and I look out beyond the wall into the night and see the lights. I am happy. It is beautiful. I am home.”