| Case | Allery | One of the boxers. |
| Thomas | Archille | The name given to Vera's son. |
| Chester A. | Arthur | 21st U.S. President |
| Dicey | Asiginak | One of the boxers. |
| Joyce | Asiginak | One of Patrice's co-workers. |
| Doris | Barnes | The name used by Patrice Paranteau. |
| Lloyd | Barnes | A math teacher. Aka: Hay Stack. |
| Burton | Bell | A bakery owner. |
| Sam | Bell | A boxer. |
| Junior | Bizhiki | One of LaBatte's acquaintances. |
| Bernadette | Blue | Deanna's friend. Aka: Bernie. |
| Everett | Blue | The real name of Wood Mountain |
| Juggie | Blue | A caretaker/cook. |
| Valentine | Blue | Patrice's best friend. |
| Francis | Boyd | One of laBatte's acquaintances. |
| Severine | Boyd | A boxer. |
| Omar Nelson | Bradley | Senior officer of the United States Army. |
| Ruth M. | Bronzon | The Exec. Sec. of the National Congress of American Indians. |
| Daisy | Chain | A horse. |
| Ezzard | Charles | A boxer. |
| Millie Ann | Cloud | Louis Pipestone's daughter. |
| Christopher | Columbus | Italian explorer and navigator. |
| John | Cooper | The area director. |
| Bob | Cory | A newspaper columnist. |
| Martin | Cross | Thomas' old friend. |
| Laurent | Dauthuille | A French fighter. |
| Emily | Dickenson | American poet. |
| Bucky | Duvalle | Pokey's friend. |
| Jim | Duvalle | One of Moses' acquaintances. |
| Mrs. | Edges | A home economics teacher. |
| Dwight D. | Eisenhower | 34th U.S. President. |
| Myron | Felt | Buckey's friend. |
| Ben | Fernance | The referee. |
| Clothilde | Fleury | One of Thomas' acquaintances. |
| Gordon | Fleury | One of LaBatte's acquaintances. |
| Jimmy | Forrest | American musician. |
| Garnet | Fox | One of the boxers. |
| Joe | Garry | The President of the National Congress of American Indians. |
| Titus | Giizis | Louis Pipestone's friend. |
| Cary | Grant | English-born American actor. |
| Rocky | Graziano | American-Italian professional boxer. |
| John | Hail | An attorney. |
| Bill | Haley | American musician. |
| Milda | Hanson | Owner of a farmhouse. |
| Father | Hartigan | A priest. |
| Gary | Holmes | A lawyer. |
| Isaac | Jacobs | The one who baptized Arthur V. Watkins. |
| Reynold | Jarvis | An English teacher. |
| Hilda | Kranz | A lady who do the underwater tricks. |
| Jake | LaMotta | A boxer. |
| William | Langer | North Dakota's senator. Aka: Wild Bill. |
| Doris | Lauder | Valentine's friend. |
| Melvin | Lauder | Revard's opponent. |
| Lolita | Lebron | Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of attempted murder. |
| H. Rex | Lee | Associate commissioner of Indian Affairs. |
| Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. President. |
| Jack | Malloy | Earl's friend. |
| | McCumber | One who was assigned to count the Indians. |
| Eddy | Mink | One of Moses' acquaintances. |
| Moses | Montrose | Thomas' acquaintance. |
| Archie | Moore | American professional boxer. |
| Buggy | Morrissey | One of Thomas' acquaintances. |
| Wood | Mountain | Lloyd Barnes' brightest student. |
| Howard | Old Man | A boxer. |
| W. W. | Pank | Owner of the Log Jam 26. |
| Patrice | Paranteau | Worked at Jewel Bearing Plant. aka: Pixie. |
| Pogo | Paranteau | Patrice's father. |
| Dean | Pave | A bishop. |
| Louis | Pipestone | Thomas' acquaintance. |
| Betty | Pye | Patrice's co-worker. |
| Kid | Rappatoe | A boxer. |
| Johnnie | Ray | American singer-songwriter. |
| Sugar Ray | Robinson | American professional boxer. |
| Harry | Roy | A retired army medic. |
| John | Skinner | A fighter from St. Michael. |
| Joseph | Smith Jr. | American religious leader and founder of Mormonism. |
| Lilia | Snow | One of LaBatte's acquaintances. |
| Calbert | St. Pierre | One of the boxers. |
| Revard | Stone Boy | One of the boxers. |
| John | Summer | One of Thomas acquaintances. |
| Tek | Tolverson | A boxer. |
| Tek | Tolverson | Skinner's opponent. |
| Robert | Valle | A boxer. |
| Walter | Vold | Patrice's boss. Aka: Grasshopper. |
| Jersey Joe | Walcott | American professional boxer. |
| Angus | Watch | One of Thomas acquaintances. |
| Arthur V. | Watkins | Republican U.S. Senator. |
| Arthur V. | Watkins Sr. | Arthur V.Watkin's Jr.'s father. |
| Thomas | Wazhashk | A night watchman at Jewel Bearing Plant. |
| Wade | Wazhashk | A promising boxer. |
| Kitty | Wells | American singer. |
| Slim | Whitman | American musical artist. |
| Joe | Wobleszynski | A boxer. |
| Milton | Young | American politician. |
| Milton R. | Young | American politician. |
| Tony | Zale | American boxer. |
| Arnold | Zeff | The leader of the local chapter of the American Legion. |
| Adolfa | | Archille's acquaintance. |
| Ajijaak | | One of Barnes's most promising kid boxers. |
| Anakward | | One of Thomas' acquaintances. |
| Anne | | One of Patrice's co-workers. |
| Archie | | One of Thomas' sons. |
| Archille | | Thomas' friend. |
| Biboon | | Thomas' father. |
| Billy | | One of Jack's friends. |
| Bitty | | Patrice's acquaintance. |
| Cash Out | | One of Louis' horses. |
| Deanna | | Curly Jay's sister. |
| Dinky | | One of Jack's friends. |
| Earl | | A car driver. Aka: Freckle Face. |
| Edith | | Harry's smart dog. |
| Ernath | | One of the missionaries. |
| Falon | | Thomas' brother. |
| Fee | | Thomas' daughter. |
| Gene | | Barnes' uncle. |
| Genevieve | | Betty's cousin. |
| George | | Nancy's husband. |
| Gerald | | Zhaanat's cousin. |
| Giizis | | One of Thomas' acquaintances. |
| Grace | | Louis Pipestone's daughter. |
| Gringo | | Louis' top horse. |
| Gwiiwizens | | Vera's son. |
| Jay | | One of Patrice's co-workers. |
| Julia | | Thomas's mother. Aka: Awan. |
| LaBatte | | The evening janitor. |
| Lawrence | | Thomas' eldest son. |
| Lemon | | Juggie's half brother. |
| Leola | | Jim's wife. |
| Martin | | Wade's friend. |
| Mary | | Moses' wife. |
| Nancy | | Moses' cousin. |
| Noko | | Rose's mother. |
| Norbert | | Betty Pye's boy friend. Aka: Norbie. |
| Picasso | | One of Louis' horses. |
| Pokey | | Patrice's brother. |
| Ray | | Thomas' daughter. |
| Roderick | | Thomas' friend. |
| Rose | | Thomas' wife. |
| Sharlo | | Thomas' daughter. |
| Smoker | | Thomas's dog. |
| Suze | | The baby sitter. |
| Tosk | | The superintendent. |
| Vera | | Patrice's sister. |
| Vernon | | One of the missionaries. |
| Zhaanat | | Patrice's mother. |
