I have enjoyed all of Mr. Alexie's books and thought the movie, Smoke Signals was great. Good enough I added it to my video library. But I was severely dissapointed with the Toughest Indian in the World. I thought the stories were hard, rude and completely uninteresting. If Mr. Alexie's thoughts were to portray today's Native American as a member of mainstream America he missed. Perhaps some are as portrayed but most are normal, hardworking, family loving, go to the movies, go out to dinner, have a bar-b-que, loving, grouchy, kind, not so kind people.