When Rowdy tells Junior "You killed her (pp. 211)," he's talking about Junior's sister. He's saying that by joining Reardan, he killed his sister; he's saying that Junior's sister only left the rez because Junior did first. It was Junior's sister's--Mary's--funeral, and Junior was so sad that he wanted to run out of the funeral and into the woods. "That was it. I had to get out of there. I turned and ran out of the graveyard and into the woods across the road. (p. 209)." Suddenly, Junior bumped into Rowdy who had been watching the burial hiding in the woods. Rowdy was crying, but he wouldn't admit it. Junior started laughing and it got Rowdy mad so Rowdy said "Your sister is dead because you left us. You killed her. (p. 211)" Junior believes this. There is truth in what he said because if Junior hadn't left, Mary probably wouldn't have either, but it's not Junior's fault. Junior was doing something courageous and he inspired Mary to do the same, but it's not Junior's fault that it ended up killing Mary; Junior didn't want Mary to drink and he had no way to know that going to Reardan would lead to his sister's death.
--Elizabeth
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