Sherman Alexi was born October 7, 1966, on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. Alexi was born with hydrocephalus, a condition that occurs when an abnormally large amount of cerebral fluid is contained within the cranial cavity. He had to have brain surgery when he was only six months old, he was not expected survive and if he did the doctors expected him to …show more content…
Though adolescence and all cultures face many trials and tribulations as they grow from a child to an adult those faced by the Native Americans that live on the reservation are even more challenging. The young people on the reservation must deal with alcoholism, drug use, as well as inadequate supplies in their schools. Sherman Alexie does an excellent job in bringing these trials the reservation youth to