I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization.

Certainly I'm angry at the way Indians have been treated and continue to be treated. But I don't think it's a helpless emotion.

My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.

Reardan is the rich white farm town that sits in the wheat fields exactly 22 miles away from the Rez. And it's a hick town I suppose filled with farmers and rednecks and racists cops who stop every Indian that drives through. During one week when I was little dad got stopped three times for DWI- Driving While Indian.

I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.