![]() ![]() Like many of Alexie's works, the stories in this collection all take place on or around the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State, where Alexie grew up, and detail the many hardships that Native Americans face on reservations. ![]() Scott Momaday's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1968 novel, House Made of Dawn, which details the alienation of the modern Native American in American society. ![]() Many feel this literary renaissance was sparked by N. Alexie is one of many late twentieth-century Native-American authors who have found acceptance with the general public in recent years. In 1998, when Alexie adapted part of the collection into a movie entitled Smoke Signals, the book-and Alexie-received even more exposure. Although Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, had previously published three books, this collection gave him much greater exposure and was a critical and popular success. "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at Woodstock" was first published in Sherman Alexie's 1993 short story collection, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock Introduction ![]()
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