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    article are the person who needs to think about Indian reservation. The creator's motivation is to illuminate to the crowd about how they are living on a blend of sporadic paychecks, dread, and trust and government surplus sustenance. The writer clarified his focuses well in the article and his tone was aware in light of the fact that he made an effort not to annoy the gathering of the general population who are as yet living on the reservation. Sherman Alexie's primary thought in the article is the

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    “There does not seem to be one definitive definition of indigenous people, but generally indigenous people are those that have historically belonged to a particular region or country, before its colonization or transformation into a nation state, and may have different—often unique—cultural, linguistic, traditional, and other characteristics to those of the dominant culture of that region or state” (Rights) The land to Native Americans is a very sacred object. To us, as nonnative individuals, we

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    he incorporates. One of the circumstances that lead Alexie that influenced all of his work was being born on Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. The tribe name itself means “children of the sun” (Reservation). Contrary to the name, here, like most Native American reservations, there is a high poverty rate. In fact, the average poverty rate on the reservation was forty percent as of 2016 (Spokane

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    Native American reservation, Natalie Diaz has developed a remarkable interpretation of the personal effects resulting from such a cultural oppression. She illustrates the troublesome experience through a compilation of empowering poems in her book, When My Brother Was An Aztec. In conjunction with Native American culture being marginalized since the discovery of America, the culture of Natives have been consistently disrespected and suppressed because of confinement on reservations. As America shifted

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    Before reading this book, I honestly knew little about Native American. I knew that many lived on reservations, but I knew nothing about those reservations. By being brutally honest, Sherman Alexie provided incite to how the everyday life of a teenage Native American is like. This book opened my eyes to the problems that Native American’s face, that I was in the dark about before. Life on a reservation is a lot different than I would have thought it to be. Many people, including myself think about

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    living comfortably on the reservations, the reality is the complete opposite, in most situations. The harsh living conditions of Native Americans has been heavily ignored, since the time these reservations were being bordered and isolated, and is still the case in the present. Not only are the people living in the United States not aware of this, or do not seem to care about it, mainly because it would not affect a person’s lifestyle outside of Native American reservations, but because people are

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    American Indian Identity

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    native American reservation, through the eyes of a teenager named Arnold or Junior. Through the book, Junior’s identity developed due to his circumstances. The book presented the various issues a young teenager living on the Spokane Indian reservation due to his intersectionality, of being poor, native American, male and heterosexual. The author presents various serious issues through a comical way, but still makes the reader actively rethink stereotypes. Juniors live on his reservation was fulfilled

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    and words,Wiesel illustrates the dangers of indifference on society and the lives of its individuals. Examining Louise Erdrich’s novel Love Medicine and the complex use of individuals used to emphasize the cultural identity of Native American reservation life the theme of love emerges. Marie Kashpaw, especially, demonstrates an exceptional fondness for children; she doles out love to her children and also loves needy and abandoned children. Whereas Marie has love to give, Lipsha spends the novel

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    Chris Eyre, written and co-directed by Native American poet, fiction writer, and filmmaker Sherman Alexie and based on the book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. The film reveals the reality of modern Native American life on an Indian reservation using Native American oral tradition storytelling to present insightful interpretation how different and indirect the path to forgiveness works within the movie. Alexie suggests that the importance of authentic cultural filmmaking is best told through

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    Sherman Alexie the author of the essay "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me" was born and raised on a Spokane Indian Reservation. Growing up, his family did not have a lot of money, yet today Alexie is known as one of the most prominent Native American writers. Alexie reminisces on his childhood when he first taught himself how to read. In the essay "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me" Sherman Alexie suggests, that for Native Americans reading is the key to education and

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