. >> narcissistic -- i'm reminded of the lategreat, maya angie a -- maya angelou, and the man who raped was killed. i don't see that as narcissistic. speaking of leaving the white high school to go -- from the reservation, people know the trouble you got into. some people at schools won't let your book be read. you're part-time indian, has gotten you into trouble here and there. i wonder how much of this relationship with your mom or lack thereof, the stories you tell in this beautiful book, how much of that influenced your decision to get off the reservation, and whether or not revisiting that childhood has made you rethink a decision obviously that you can't change at this point. have you rethought that decision? >> well, my mom always, you know, half in admiration and half insultingly always said i was born with a suitcase in my hand. that i was always leaving. my sisters during the course of this book said that, too, that they always knew i was leaving. so i think i was born to leave. >> uh-huh. >> and i've lived in the city now naturefor 25 years. and i realized that a lot of my sa