the reservation 1994 and lives in Seattle with his family. He considers himself both a Native and a white American. He states in an interview with Bill Moyers that he “” This kind of satirical response come naturally to Alexie. Sherman Alexie has always used laughter as a way to work through the pain of what it is like to grow up as a Native American in the United States. Readers often are unsure whether to laugh or cry when they look at his works because of the truth behind the comedy. However, Alexie
Wade the Supreme Court ruled that one of the liberties to be protected under the due process clauses of the 5th and 14th amendments was a right to privacy. (Blackmun 1973) This right to privacy, also never truly defined, expanded upon the notion of what could be protected by due process. However, in Bowers v. Hardwick, a subsequent Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy was not protected by homosexual couples engaging in consensual acts in their own home. (White 1986) This would be later