El Indio Jesús
Subtitle: a novel
By: Gilberto Chávez Ballejos and Shirley Hill Witt.
Contributors: Witt, Shirley Hill, 1934-
Series: American Indian literature and critical studies series ;; v. 35
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Fiction.; Mexican Americans -- Fiction.; Southwestern States -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "A series of vignettes reflecting the rhythms and patterns of mixed-blood border lives, El Indio Jesus follows one week in the life of a Chicano/Indian/Coyote who uses his wide range of skills and his circle of friends to help others in need.".

"El Indio Jesus is a hustler and philosopher who follows his vision, always challenging the sacred and acceptable. He devises business schemes, including the Right On Time Company and the Fly By Night Company, which he has established for the unemployed and undocumented borderlanders who excel in lost or illegitimate art forms, such as tile-making, lowrider automobile creation, and graffiti wall artistry.".

"Jesus receives advice and referrals from the Unauthorized Safeway Shopping Center Board of Directors, a think tank of street economists, historians, big board managers, and air traffic controllers. He faces enemies who are intent on destroying him and his clandestine organization. Jesus is enmeshed in adventures, many of his own design, that lead him into increasingly complicated and dangerous situations."--BOOK JACKET.