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"I am zero on the rez. And if you subtract zero from zero, you still have zero." (p.16)

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"I am zero on the rez. And if you subtract zero from zero, you still have zero." (p.16)

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CT

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"Poverty  = empty refrigerator + empty stomach" (p.8)

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"Poverty  = empty refrigerator + empty stomach" (p.8)

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CT

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"During one week when I was little, Dad got stopped three times for DWI: Driving While Indian." (p. 46)

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"During one week when I was little, Dad got stopped three times for DWI: Driving While Indian." (p. 46)

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CT

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"I suppose [my dad] is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed." (p.40)

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"I suppose [my dad] is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed." (p.40)

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CT

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"I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family. Can your best friend be more important than your family?" (p. 24)

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"I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family. Can your best friend be more important than your family?" (p. 24)

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CT

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"'You can do it.' ...Do you understand about amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together." (p. 189)

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"'You can do it.' ...Do you understand about amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together." (p. 189)

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CT

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"And we let it happen. We let them pick on you." (p. 41)

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"And we let it happen. We let them pick on you." (p. 41)

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CT

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"Plenty of Indians have died because they were drunk. And plenty of drunken Indians have killed other drunken Indians." (p. 158)

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"Plenty of Indians have died because they were drunk. And plenty of drunken Indians have killed other drunken Indians." (p. 158)

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CT

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"But we reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams. We don't get those chances. Or choices. We're just poor. That's all we are." (p. 13)

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"But we reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams. We don't get those chances. Or choices. We're just poor. That's all we are." (p. 13)

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CT

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¨Everybody on the rez calls me a retard about twice a day.¨(P.60)

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¨Everybody on the rez calls me a retard about twice a day.¨(P.60)

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M.A

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"And if you're fourteen years old, like me, and you're stuttering and lisping, then you become the biggest retard in the world." (p. 4

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"And if you're fourteen years old, like me, and you're stuttering and lisping, then you become the biggest retard in the world." (p. 4

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O.Y

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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." (p.3)

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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." (p.3)

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JB

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"Your songs and stories and language and dancing...We weren't trying to kill Indian people. We were trying to kill Indian culture." (p. 36)

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"Your songs and stories and language and dancing...We weren't trying to kill Indian people. We were trying to kill Indian culture." (p. 36)

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E.G

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

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

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O.Y.

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¨Junior I said. She laughed and told her girlfriend at the next desk that my name Junior. They both laughed. Word spread around the room and pretty soon everybody was laughing.¨(P.60)

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¨Junior I said. She laughed and told her girlfriend at the next desk that my name Junior. They both laughed. Word spread around the room and pretty soon everybody was laughing.¨(P.60)

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M.A

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"Junior, sweetheart," Mom said. "I'm sorry, but we don't have any money for Oscar." (p.10)

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"Junior, sweetheart," Mom said. "I'm sorry, but we don't have any money for Oscar." (p.10)

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JS

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"I wish I were magical, but I am a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation." (p.7)

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"I wish I were magical, but I am a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation." (p.7)

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JB

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"Thats how we were taught to teach you. We were supposed to kill the Indian to save the child." (p. 35)

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"Thats how we were taught to teach you. We were supposed to kill the Indian to save the child." (p. 35)

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O.Y.

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"Come on," I said. "Who has the most hope?" "White people," my parents said at the same time. (p. 45)

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"Come on," I said. "Who has the most hope?" "White people," my parents said at the same time. (p. 45)

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CA

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"So obviously, I looked goofy on the outside, but it was the inside stuff that was the worst." (p. 3)

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"So obviously, I looked goofy on the outside, but it was the inside stuff that was the worst." (p. 3)

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D.N

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"How stupid was I? What kind of job can a reservation indian boy get?" (p.10

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"How stupid was I? What kind of job can a reservation indian boy get?" (p.10

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D. N

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"I didn't literally kill Indians. We were supposed to make you give up being Indian." (p.35)

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"I didn't literally kill Indians. We were supposed to make you give up being Indian." (p.35)

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D.N

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"Hey its hydrohead. Yep, those bastards were making fun of my brain disorder." (p.21)

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"Hey its hydrohead. Yep, those bastards were making fun of my brain disorder." (p.21)

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D.N

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"He (dad) left on Christmas Eve and came back on January 2" (p.150

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"He (dad) left on Christmas Eve and came back on January 2" (p.150

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JB

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"When the holidays rolled around, we didn't have any money for presents, so Dad did what he always does when we don't have enough money. He took that little money we did have and ran away to get drunk" (p.150)

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"When the holidays rolled around, we didn't have any money for presents, so Dad did what he always does when we don't have enough money. He took that little money we did have and ran away to get drunk" (p.150)

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JB

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¨My head was so big that little Indian skulls orbited around it.¨ (p3)

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¨My head was so big that little Indian skulls orbited around it.¨ (p3)

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O.Y

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 “Instead, it was Gordy who defended me. He stood with his textbook and dropped it. Whomp!”(175)

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 “Instead, it was Gordy who defended me. He stood with his textbook and dropped it. Whomp!”(175)

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M.A

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¨ I was still a potential killer. So mostly the called me names. Lots of names.¨ (p. 63

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¨ I was still a potential killer. So mostly the called me names. Lots of names.¨ (p. 63

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O.Y.

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¨ I fell down. One brother picked me up, dusted me off, then kneed me in the balls. I fell down again, holding my tender crotch, and tried not to scream. And the Andruss brothers laughed and walked away.¨ (p.21

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¨ I fell down. One brother picked me up, dusted me off, then kneed me in the balls. I fell down again, holding my tender crotch, and tried not to scream. And the Andruss brothers laughed and walked away.¨ (p.21

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O.Y.

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"I am not even writing down this story the way I actually talk, because I'd have to fill with stutters and lisps, and then you'd be wondering why you're reading a story written by a retard."  (p.39)

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"I am not even writing down this story the way I actually talk, because I'd have to fill with stutters and lisps, and then you'd be wondering why you're reading a story written by a retard."  (p.39)

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P.D

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"I looked and talked and dreamed and walked differently than everybody else".   (pg.110)

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"I looked and talked and dreamed and walked differently than everybody else".   (pg.110)

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P.D

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"Nobody in my family had ever gone near a collage".  

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"Nobody in my family had ever gone near a collage".  

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P.D

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¨´Are you poor?´ I couldnt lie to her anymore. ´yes´ i said. ´Im poor.´ I figured she was going to march out of my life right there and then. But she didnt. Instead she kissed me.¨ (p. 127)

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¨´Are you poor?´ I couldnt lie to her anymore. ´yes´ i said. ´Im poor.´ I figured she was going to march out of my life right there and then. But she didnt. Instead she kissed me.¨ (p. 127)

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O.Y.

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"A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that".  (pg.14)

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"A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that".  (pg.14)

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P.D

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¨Gordy and I laughed. He was an extremely weird dude. But he was the smartest I´d ever known. He would always be the smartest person I´d ever know.¨ (p.98)

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¨Gordy and I laughed. He was an extremely weird dude. But he was the smartest I´d ever known. He would always be the smartest person I´d ever know.¨ (p.98)

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O.Y.

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"Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo".  (p. 64)

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"Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo".  (p. 64)

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P.D

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"'I'm sick of Indian guys who treat white women like bowling trophies."  (pg.115)

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"'I'm sick of Indian guys who treat white women like bowling trophies."  (pg.115)

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P.D

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Eugene was a good guy, and like an uncle to me, but he was always drunk.¨ (p.70 

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Eugene was a good guy, and like an uncle to me, but he was always drunk.¨ (p.70 

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O.Y.

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"I suppose [my dad] is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed." (p.40)

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"I suppose [my dad] is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed." (p.40)

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P.D

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"My mother and father weren't home, so I turned to my grandmother for advice"(pg.68).

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"My mother and father weren't home, so I turned to my grandmother for advice"(pg.68).

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P.D

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"I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family. Can your best friend be more important than your family?"  (p. 24)

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"I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family. Can your best friend be more important than your family?"  (p. 24)

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P.D

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¨Man Gordy was smart . I wished I could take him to the rez and let him educate Rowdy. Of Course Rowdy would probably punch him in the face  Gordy until he was brain dead. Or maybe Rowdy, Gordy and I can become a superhero trio, fighting for truth justice, and the Native American way.¨  (pg.131)

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¨Man Gordy was smart . I wished I could take him to the rez and let him educate Rowdy. Of Course Rowdy would probably punch him in the face  Gordy until he was brain dead. Or maybe Rowdy, Gordy and I can become a superhero trio, fighting for truth justice, and the Native American way.¨  (pg.131)

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P.D

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¨I suppose he is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed.¨ (p.41)

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¨I suppose he is depressed. I suppose my sister is depressed. I suppose the whole family is depressed.¨ (p.41)

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O.Y.

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"Line is my best human friend and he cares about me, so he would always tell me the truth" (p.16)

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"Line is my best human friend and he cares about me, so he would always tell me the truth" (p.16)

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P.D

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"Rowdy has protected me since we were born".   (p.17)

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"Rowdy has protected me since we were born".   (p.17)

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P.D

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"I didn't understand how wearing a Halloween costume could become a political statement, I admired her [Penelope] commitment"(pg.78).

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"I didn't understand how wearing a Halloween costume could become a political statement, I admired her [Penelope] commitment"(pg.78).

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P.D

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¨I couldn´t let them get away with that shit. I wasn´t just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo. So I punched Roger in the face.¨ (p.65)

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¨I couldn´t let them get away with that shit. I wasn´t just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo. So I punched Roger in the face.¨ (p.65)

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P.D

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P.D