Let me convince you

(Assuming his lifestyle is relatable to this book)
Listen here, there are many reasons you could read and enjoy or even comprehend this book! Do you enjoy hearing stories told of overcoming adversity?  How nothing can get someone down your age... how strength and courage can lead to success in life, no  matter how abusive how tough how hard all the challenges in your life are. The main character Junior the protagonist of this story has the drive to succeed and when he is face-to-face with overwhelming challenges he makes humor of it. Creates    jokes of these hard situations.
 if you like sports this would also be a good story to read! If you're into young love and maybe you have a girl of interest... This story is extremely relatable Junior meets a girl Penelope. She is  prettiest girl in all of Rearden high school.  He took her to prom. He also makes friends at a school where no one gives him the time of day.  it's just a great story and very inspirational he, becomes one of the best basketball players at his high school. He makes varsity his freshman year. If you're into competitive sports, a love story, some heartbreak and the success of the young adult this is a story for you.

sample papers on Alexie book

After reading the essay titled "The Stupid Horse" I found this to be the most interesting by far. I would have never thought to compare juniors life, to a story told by his father at the end of the book. The person that wrote this essay had plenty of evidence to follow there accusations and/or statements.
what I thought was a valid point was in the 2nd paragraph where he made his first case, "The Turtle Lake would represent the reservation where Junior lives and the horse would then be Junior.  It symbolizes how Junior feels the reservation drowning him.  By staying in the reservation he will never prosper like he dreams and will be stuck to live on the reservation with the burden of disappointment."
After this case was made I was sold on the idea of how juniors dads story related to his entire journey in this book. the other essays were good and I liked "the path of a child".

 

Current state of native americans

http://thorpe.ou.edu/guide/robertson.html
Lindsay G. Robertson, june 2001
Though some of the statements made in this article are still  I
in action, this information is outdated, but it informs you on the current state of natives in this century. As well as informs you on the laws the actions that were taken towards Native Americans in and their  constitutional rights living in this nation even though it was theirs in the first place.

http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-native-americans/

http://kff.org/
I personally like this website, because it shows the population of Native Americans not only in specific numbers  but it also let you know the percentage as compared to all the other ethnicities in each state obviously this is a huge deal considering the native population is next to nothing compared to what it used to be 200 years ago.

Response to obamas speech

" For the last five years Congress has obstructed Obama's policies,  so when he can or where he can he will move forward with or without congress." This was the topic of the class which I had found most interesting for many reasons. I feel Obama is "for the people" when he kept bringing up the working/middle class. Everything was about us! the foundation of our country bringing back pension and 401K. He had made some pretty great remarks regarding the help of Congress. It shows that he has a drive and the power,  to make good changes.