In The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Sherman Alexie displays many stereotypes about Native Americans through different short stories throughout the book. Native Americans are constantly being defined by these stereotypes whether there negative ones or positive ones. In the story The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore Alexie uses the stereotype of Native Americans being mother-earthly as in worshipping the sun, known as sun-worshipping. This stereotype came from early European settlers in America who observed the Native Americans raising their hands up in the air in the form of praying. The Europeans misinterpreted this as worshiping the sun or sun-worshipping. This causes the stereotype of Native Americans