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“‘I hurt a lot of Indian kids when I was a young teacher.’ he said. ‘I might’ve broken a few bones.’ All of a sudden, I realized he was confessing to me.” (Alexie 35-36)

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“‘I hurt a lot of indian kids when I was a young teacher.’ he said. ‘I might’ve broken a few bones.’ All of a sudden, I realized he was confessing to me.” (Alexie 35-36)

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“I was the only kid, white or Indian, who knew that Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities. And let me tell you, We Indians were the worst of times and those Reardan kids were the best of times. Those kids were magnificent, They knew everything. And they were beautiful. They were beautiful and smart. They were beautiful and smart and epic. They were filled with hope.” (Alexie 50).

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“Everybody on the rez calls me a retard about twice a day” (Alexie 4)

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“The bullies would pick me up, spin me in circles, put their finger down on my skull, and say, ‘I want to go there’” (Alexie 3).

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“I felt brave all of a sudden. Yeah, maybe it was just a stupid and immature school yard fight. Or maybe it was the most important moment of my life. Maybe I was telling the world that I was no longer a human target.” (Alexie 65)

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“You want to head down to the powwow?” Rowdy asked. “Nah,” I said. The Spokane Tribe holds their annual pow wow celebration over the Labor Day weekend. This was the 127th annual one and there would be singing, war dancing, gambling, storytelling, laughter, fry bread, hamburgers, hotdogs, arts and crafts, and plenty of alcoholic brawling. I wanted no part of it.” (Alexie 17).

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“Poverty = empty refrigerator + empty stomach” - Page 8

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“Poverty = empty refrigerator + empty stomach” - Page 8

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“‘”Who has the most hope” I asked. Mom and Dad looked at each other. They studied each other’s eyes, you know, like they had antennas and were sending radio signals to each other. And then they both looked back at me. “Come on,” I said. “Who has the most hope?” “White people,” my parents said at the same time.”(Alexie 45).

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“Come on” I said. “Who has the most hope?”

“White people,” my parents said at the same time”                 (Alexie 45)

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“‘Have I ever told anybody your secrets?’ Rowdy asked. ‘No.’ ‘Okay, then, I won’t tell anybody you cried over a dumb girl.’ And he didn’t tell anybody. Rowdy was my secret-keeper” (Alexie 76).

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“ Then i’ll pick on them” (Alexie 18)

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“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor” - Page 13

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“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor” - Page 13

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“Don't touch me, you retarded fag! He yelled” “my heart broke into 14 pieces, one for each year me and Rowdy and I had been friends (Alexie 53).

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“Don't touch me, you retarded fag! He yelled” “my heart broke into 14 pieces, one for each year me and Rowdy and I had been friends (Alexie 53).

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Friendship

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“Hey, Chief,” Roger said. “You want to hear a joke?” “Sure,” I said “Did you know that Indians are living proof that n******  f*** buffalo?” (Alexie 64).

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'‘I’m sorry, but we don’t have any money for oscar’” (Alexie 10).

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“You start believing that you’re poor because you’re stupid and ugly. Then you start believing that you’re stupid and ugly because you’re Indian” (Alexie 13).

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“Eugene had braids down to his butt” (Alexie 70).

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“Do you know why you hit me with that book? Mr. P finally asked. It was a trick question. I knew I needed to answer correctly or he’d be mad. I hit you because I’m stupid” (Alexie 34).

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‘“Son,” Mr.P said. “You’re going to find more and more hope the further and further you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation”’ (Alexie. 43).

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“I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family” (Alexie 24).

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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”(Alexie.31).

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“ She laughed and told her girlfriend at the next desk that my name was junior. They both laughed. “ (Alexie 60)

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“‘But not you,’ Mr.P said. ‘You can’t give up. You won’t give up. You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up’” (Alexie 43)

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“Roger and his friends were laughing like crazy. I hated them. And I knew I had to something big. I couldn’t let them get away with that s***. I wasn’t just defending. I was defending indians, black people, and buffalo. So I punched roger in the face. (Alexie 65 ).

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“Roger and his friends were laughing like crazy. I hated them. And I knew I had to something big. I couldn’t let them get away with that s***. I wasn’t just defending. I was defending indians, black people, and buffalo. So I punched roger in the face. (Alexie 65 ).

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“We were poor enough to get free lunch” (Alexie 55).

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“They stared at me, the Indian boy with the black eye and swollen nose, my going-away gifts from Rowdy. Those white kids couldn’t believe their eyes. They stared like I was Bigfoot or a UFO.” (Alexie 56)

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‘other kids, they beat me up when i cry. Sometimes they make me cry so they can beat me up for crying.” “ (Alexie 41)

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“...and sure, sometimes, my family misses a meal, and sleep is the only thing we have for dinner…” (Alexie 8).

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“We were supposed to make you give up being
Indian. Your songs and stories and language and dancing. Everything. We weren’t trying to kill Indian people. We were trying to kill Indian culture” (Alexie 35).

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“But i am really just a poor-a** reservation kid living with his poor-a** family on the poor-a** Spokane Indian Reservation” (Alexie 7).

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“But I knew I’d have to put a stop to it eventually or I’d always be known as ‘’Chief’’ or ‘’Tonto’’ or ‘’Squaw Boy’.” (Alexie 64)

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“Did you know that Indians are living proof that Tingys f*** buffalo?” (Alexie 64)

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“Hey chief” (Alexie 64).

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“ it sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow who deserves to be poor”(Alexie 13).

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“And sure, sometimes, my family misses a meal, and sleep is the only thing we have for dinner,...” (Alexie 8).

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“At school today, I went dressed as a homeless dude. It was a pretty easy costume for me” (Alexie 77).

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“I was born with water on the brain” (Alexie 1).