| Mrs. | Bijiu | Ignatia's friend. |
| Soren | Bjerke | A special agent at the FBI. |
| Felix | Cohen | An American lawyer and scholar. |
| Johanna | Couer de Bois | Attorney for the respondents. |
| Geraldine | Coutts | Joe's mother. A tribal enrollment specialist. |
| Joseph | Coutts | Joe's great-grandfather. |
| Antone Bazil | Coutts I | Joe's father. A chief of tribal judge. |
| Antone Bazil | Coutts II | Narrator and Protagonist. Aka: Oops, Joe. |
| Father | Damien | A former catholic priest. |
| Dr. | Egge | The doctor who examined Geraldine. |
| Thomas | Jefferson | The 3rd U.S. President. |
| Angus | Kashpaw | Joe's friend. Aka: Starboy. |
| Doe | Lafournais | Cappy's bachelor father. An On-and-Off chairman of the tribe. |
| Randall | Lafournais | Cappy's brother. Aka: Birkenstock. |
| Virgil | Lafournais | Joe's closest friend. Aka: Cappy. |
| Lyman | Lamartine | Durlin Peace's boss. |
| George | Lark | Grace's husband. Owner of Vinland. |
| Grace | Lark | George's wife. Biological mother of Linda. |
| Linda | Lark | George and Grace's daughter. Aka: Tuffy. |
| Linden | Lark | George and Grace's son. |
| Vince | Madwesin | A tribal police officer. Zack's step-dad. |
| Mervin | Ma'Ingan | An associate judge. |
| John | Marshall | Former chief justice of the United States. |
| James | Michener | An American author. |
| Clemence | Milk | Joe's aunt. |
| Edward | Milk | Clemence's husband. Joe's uncle. |
| Margaret | Nanapush | The grandmother of Margaret in Joe's school. |
| Arion | of Methymna | The famous harp player. |
| Gabir | Olson | The U.S. attorney. Bazil's old friend. |
| Gabir | Olson | Bazil's old friend. |
| Corwin | Peace | Zack's father. A musician. |
| Durlin | Peace | A janitor at The Bingo Palace. |
| Zack | Peace | Joe's friend. |
| Bugger | Pourier | Joe's neighbor. |
| Ronald | Reagan | The U.S. President. |
| Louis | Riel | A Canadian politician. |
| Marilyn | Shigaag | A woman who stole five gas station hotdogs. |
| William | Sterne | Francis's attorney. |
| Tommy | Thomas | The plaintiff. |
| Carleen | Thunder | Zack's mother. Owner of the tribal newspaper. |
| Ignatia | Thunder | Zack's grandmother. Aka: Kookum. |
| George | Washington | The 1st U.S. President. |
| Daniel | Webster | Former United States secretary of state. |
| Horace | Whiteboy | Francis's brother who died in the round house. |
| Albert | Wishkob | A member of Chippewa tribe. Adoptive father of Linda. |
| Cedric | Wishkob | Albert and Betty's son. |
| Cheryl | Wishkob | Cedric's wife. |
| Martin | Wishkob | Albert and Betty's son. |
| Sheryl | Wishkob | Albert and Betty's daughter. |
| Albert | Wishkob Jr. | Albert and Betty's son. |
| Mayla | Woflskin | A young girl who asked Geraldine to meet her at the round house. LaRose's cousin. |
| Opichi | Wold | Bazil's secretary. |
| Aurora | Wolfskin | Mayla's mother. |
| George | Wolfskin | Mayla's father. |
| Father Travis | Wozniak | A catholic priest. A former marine. |
| Curtis | Yeltow | Tanya's father. |
| Akiikwe | | The protagonist in Mooshum's story. |
| Alvin | | Whitey's friend. Mooshum's son. |
| Anishaaindinaa | | Ignatia's old friend. |
| Asiginak | | The leader of the Ojibwe ceremonies. |
| Ball | | Pearl's sister. |
| Chain | | Pearl's sister. |
| Dawn | | Joe's schoolmate. |
| Elwin | | Star's husband. |
| Evelina | | Whitey and Sonja's daughter. Joe's cousin. |
| Joseph | | Whitey and Sonja's son. Joe's cousin. |
| Josey | | Cappy's aunt. |
| LaRose | | Geraldine's old friend. |
| Margaret | | Joe's new friend in school. |
| Mooshum | | Joe's grandfather who lives in Clemence and Edward's flat. |
| Murphy | | Sonja's daughter from her first marriage. |
| Nanapush | | Akiikwe's son. |
| Neal | | A skinny Christian guy that Joe met. |
| Pearl | | The dog Sonja gave to Joe. |
| Ruby | | Toast's girlfriend. |
| Severine | | Mooshum's brother. |
| Shamengwa | | Geraldine's late uncle. |
| Shawn | | Joe's schoolmate. |
| Sonja | | An ex-stripper. Whitey's wife. |
| Spook | | Whitey and Sonja's horse. |
| Star | | Angus's aunt. |
| Suzette | | Cappy's aunt. |
| Tanya | | Curtis and Mayla's daughter. |
| Toast | | Ruby's boyfriend. |
| Vance | | Alvin's younger brother. |
| Whitey | | Joe's uncle. Owner of a gas station. |
| Worf | | A fictional character in Star Wars. |
| Zelia | | A woman that Cappy's in love with. |
