According to F. Scott Fitzgerald. (n.d.). The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. Native Americans are usually walking in between two worlds, the non-native world and the native world which they most identify with. As quoting Native American poet, Sherman Alexie in his interview “Living in the outside Boarders” (2013) he states “I know more about being white then you know about being Indian”. We try to be cautious of both worlds to be successful, even though it is often times a failure. In my professional career I can sit in a room full of white people and engage in conversations using my so called “white voice” and the reason is to be taken seriously in the white predominate field of work. Then I can switch back into my Indian mode once I am back in my community or around family. Native …show more content…
Welch had also opened doors and paved the way for other Native American authors as well. Welch had laid down the blueprint if you well, on to write Native American literature. James Welch had written from a native male prospective, I was recently introduced to Louise Enrich and her style of writing. She has stated (2001) There seems to be very little mainstream awareness of Native Americans as contemporary people. Most people still think in stereotypes—the latest being the casino-rich Indian. I have not yet become acquainted with a casino-rich Indian. The Native people I know whose tribes run casinos work extremely hard and live modestly. As for pressure to write about certain themes, no. Anything I write about comes from inside and not outside pressure. Nothing works on paper unless I feel absolutely compelled to write it, and some of what I write as a consequence may work politically and emotionally, or it simply may