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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
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My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.
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Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.
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