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Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection, What happens to the soul that hates its reflection?
Sherman Alexie
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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
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Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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