How to write the great amercian indian novel By Sherman Alexie (Grades 7-9)

Sherman Alexie is a Spokane-Coeur d’Alene writer, poet, and filmmaker whose work explores contemporary Native American identity, culture, and survival with sharp humor and unflinching honesty. Raised on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington, he overcame early health challenges and found his voice through literature. Alexie is acclaimed for The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. His poem How to Write the Great American Indian Novel satirizes stereotypes of Indigenous peoples in literature, exposing how popular culture distorts identity while asserting Indigenous presence through irony and truth.