Jackson is a homeless Indian, and an alcoholic. While he may not have a home, he does have a squad of other homeless Indians. One day, they go inside a pawnshop, and Jackson notices his grandma's regalia, which has been missing for fifty years. After Jackson proves to the store owner that the regalia was his grandma's and has been stolen, the store owner says that he can only afford to sell Jackson the regalia at cost, for a thousand dollars, if he could find the money in the next twenty-four hours. For homeless Jackson, that task is nearly impossible, but he sets out to do it. The first thing Jackson does, however, is to buy alcohol. After draining almost all his money, he goes to a newspaper stand, where he can buy newspapers for thirty cents and sell for a dollar. He can't afford to buy the number of newspapers he would need in order to make a thousand dollars, but the seller agrees to give him fifty free newspapers. He sells five and throws the rest away. With five dollars in his pocket, he buys four McDonald's burgers, and then has only one dollar left. With that one dollar, he goes to a Korean market to buy lottery tickets. He says I love you to Mary, who works at the register. Jackson has said I love you to Mary for a while, but she has never returned the feelings. Jackson wins one hundred dollars from the lottery tickets and gives twenty to Mary because he is an Indian and Indians share. With eighty dollars, Jackson goes to a bar, where he spends all eighty dollars on shots for all his friends. He kisses a girl who ends up leaving the bar, and a drunk Jackson continues asking where she is. Eventually, the bar owner kicks him out, and he finds himself awoken by a police officer. The police offer is very nice and listens to Jackson's stories about how his grandfather was killed by his great uncle, as well as the story of his grandma's lost regalia. After the twenty-four hours is over, Jackson goes to the pawnshop again with only five dollars in his hands. The pawnshop owner lets him have the regalia after all, for free.