An Invincible Killer The Indian Killer was a spiritual incarnation developed due to years of abuse and mistreatment of Native Americans, and created through a ritualistic dance known as the ghost dance. There are many reasons I believe the killer is not a human and actually some supernatural entity, and after reading the book, I feel Sherman Alexie wants the reader to be left with this feeling. One reason is that the killer is never …showed first 75 words of 1612 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1612 total…and towards other races that the killer may be. Alexie created dozens of people, and I feel this is to intrigue the reader and make you think of all the different possibilities that it could be. After carefully evaluating as many potential scenarios as possible, I believe the killer is a ghost, summoned by Indians conducting the ghost dance; and as more and more become part of it, more white people will perish from it.