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I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
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Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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