Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation

A brief description of Sherman Alexie’s book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian can be presented as a typical young adult story. It tells readers about Arnold Spirit Jr. a gifted boy born and raised in an Indian reservation, possessed by the dream of becoming an artist, one day challenges the system and enters Reardan High School - a better school for white students. Despite the traditional for such genre set of plot moves, such as first love, the first fight, first complexes, the…

The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian was written by Don C. Talayesva. In this book, Don Talayesva talks about his way of life as a Hopi Indian and the hardships of his life. He also mentions the different rituals their culture has and the reasoning for all of the ceremonies. When Don is first introduced to the reader he is talking about when he was in his mother's womb. He and his family believe that Don was a twin but Don’s mother told the doctor how she only wanted one kid. The doctor…

can be called an example of Native American literature because it aligns with three of the seven important elements of that writing style: nature, religion, and courage, which are also present in the acclaimed Native American book “The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N. Scott Momaday and the movie “Smoke Signals”. Nature is a proven through-out both. In The last of the Mohicans nature surrounds our main characters and is also used as a blank canvas as to which our main characters paint themselves. In…

The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a novel about a Native American named Junior living on the Spokane indian reservation who decides to go to a predominantly white school in order to get a better education. One of the main characters in the story, Mr.P, can be characterized as regretful and compassionate. Sherman Alexie’s purpose in developing Mr.P in this specific way is to progress the plot. One way, we can characterize Mr.P is by describing him as regretful.…

story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” Sherman Alexie seeks for his uniqueness as being a homeless, alcoholic Indian man. The author is a Spokane Indian conceived in 1966 on the Spokane Reservation in WellPoint, Washington. He is an artist, author, and movie producer. A great deal of his written work draws on his encounters as a Native American experiencing childhood with the Spokane Reservation. As a Native American, Alexie’s fundamental concern is introducing his way of life and customs to the…

Two of the five poorest of the United States’ 3,142 counties are located on Indian Reservations (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). Sherman Alexie gives readers a glimpse into the life of a native american in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Through the main character, Arnold Spirit Jr., Alexie shows the reader what it is like to live in poverty on the Spokane Indian reservation. The book uses Arnold’s childhood experiences and alcohol to show the effects of poverty on Native American…

the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, The main character Arnold Spirit, goes through many hardships as he lives on the Indian reservation outside of Reardon, where he ends up going to highschool after he wasn't getting along with the people in the reservation. Arnold eventually realizes that if he remains on the reservation, he will die, but eventually believe the solution is to move away from the reservation which ends up hurting him and decides to…

When you believe in yourself, you can do anything you set your mind to. In Sherman Alexie’s Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Arnold, the main character and narrator, takes basketball very seriously. Arnold lives on a Spokane Indian reservation in Washington, and once attended high school there. After a motivational conversation with one of his teachers, Arnold decides to transfer to Reardan, the all-white school 22 miles away from the rez with much higher education quality. His…

In Erdrich’s Tracks, the novel tells a story of a Chippewa tribe that is forced to adapt to colonizers in the post-colonization state of America. Through the eyes of two distinct narrators, Nanapush and Pauline, the reader gets an inside view of the perspective of a Native-American tribe in post-colonial America. At the very beginning of the novel, Nanapush describes Native Americans dying from the spotted fever (or yellow fever) due to the colonizers bringing disease as they intermingle with…

The Impact of the Wiindigoo in The Round House Louise Erdrich was born in 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota, and identifies as Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Due to Erdrich’s Native American background, she has written many novels centered around Native American themes. Erdrich’s novel, The Round House, is told from Joe, a thirteen-year-old boy’s, point of view, showing how he copes with the event of his mother’s rape. Joe is outraged that the authorities are not doing more to help find the man…