Call Him Savage

"Call Him Savage" by Howard Browne is a science fiction story set in the 1950s that features Sam Quinlan, an author and reporter with Indigenous roots, finding himself entangled in a strange event involving a spaceship and Native American legends. The story centers on themes of identity, historic conflicts, and the challenges faced by Indigenous communities in the United States. Sam is unexpectedly called to the White House to assist with a spaceship that has appeared in Colorado, isolating the region and the President is concerned about an invasion led by a time-traveling Native American named Lo-as-ro, seeking to return the land to its original people. Teaming up with Enoch Wetzel, who claims to be related to Lewis Wetzel, Sam journeys to investigate the situation and confronted with choices that have serious implications, encounters robots, and has important conversations with Lo-as-ro, Sam must negotiate his own heritage and modern-day American culture. Sam reflects deeply on cultural history and the effects of past wrongs.