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Sherman Alexie was born October 7, 1966. Was born with hydrocephalus and went into surgery at 6 months of age. He had lots of seizures as a child and spent a lot of his childhood reading books. After the surgery at a young age he still was able to read at 3 years of age. As a child he was bullied because his head was larger than usual due to the hydrocephalus. He is now a story writer, a poet, and a filmmaker (Poetry Foundation). Sherman Alexie promoted understanding of Native American culture through his literary works including War Dances, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Reservation Blues (Poetry Foundation). Alexie’s text War Dances impacted the way people think. War Dances has short stories and poems

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