Of course, this means he breaks Junior's nose. His only friend is Rowdy, an Indian boy with an anger problem, and when Junior decides to leave for Reardan Hogh, it breaks Rowdy's heart. Junior is not a "movie Indian." He's short, skinny, wears coke-bottle glasses and is prone to being beaten up by his classmates. Their mascot is an Indian, which makes Junior the only other Indian in the school. He lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA with loving parents and a brilliant sister who have not taken charge of their destinies as Junior is so desperate to do. In beginning of his first year in high school, Junior makes the fateful decision to switch schools to attend the all-white high school off the reservation. (Junior)who is about to be a freshman in high school who decides to make some changes to his destiny. Semi-autobiographical, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007) is the story of Arnold Spirit Jr.
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