![]() ![]() Through the character of Corliss, Alexie examines his own issues of identity, which arise from being teased over the years by relatives over his own bookishness and academic pursuits. The first story, “The Search Engine,” concerns Corliss Joseph, a bookish nineteen-year-old student of Spokane Indian ancestry and her attempts to investigate the truth behind a previously-unknown Spokane Indian poet, Harlan Atwater. Written by Sherman Alexie, a descendant of the Coeur d’Alene tribe who was raised on the Spokane Indian Reservation, these nine tales evoke the struggles and beauty of indigenous culture in the Pacific Northwest through a combination of fictionalized and autobiographical elements. ![]() Ten Little Indians is a 2004 collection of short stories about the Native American experience. ![]()
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