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Living on the reservation was full of poverty from the style of living to the education given. Family and the deaths affected him in his writing because he could put it in his stories and make a connection that was relatable to his audience. Being criticized by negative portrayals on his indigenous writing, Sherman’s view on his criticism is, “I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators” (Alexie). Meaning that he celebrates and cheers his achievement of reaching his full autonomy, as an Indian your exposed to so many stereotypes and the exposed to the feeling of oppression, that literature for Alexie is cheerful and a cure instead for a cross-examination of Indians. Alexie Sherman is indeed proof of an author who has truly fulfilled his autonomy with his writing for passed forty to thirty years, with his Native American literature and documentary fiction he has been recognized with an American Book Awards (1996), National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (2007), PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2010), and Dos Passos Prize