2024-11-16T05:58:05-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/114665329/sherman-alexie-thanksgiving-is-a-story-of-survival SuperKing 2014-11-27T17:33:00-05:00 >2022-03-14T11:34:06-04:00 <em><p>When you were growing up and now too, what did you think of a whole Thanksgiving story about Native people helping out Pilgrims? I wish we had a tougher immigration policy. It's a love story, and it's still a love story. We still love you even, if we really are your battered spouse.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img alt="" src="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/game_management/turkey/images/turkey_bg_06.jpg"></p><p>A beautiful interview&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a title="View user profile." href="http://bitchmagazine.org/profile/sarah-mirk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Mirk</a>&nbsp;on November 26, 2014,&nbsp;with Sherman Alexie on the meaning of Thanksgiving to Native Americans and to him and his family. He is one of my favorite American writers, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lone-Ranger-and-Tonto-Fistfight-in-Heaven/114937995185743" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger_and_Tonto_Fistfight_in_Heaven" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.</a></p><p>What does it have to do with architecture?&nbsp;Let's say you are designing a football stadium...&nbsp;Well.., take it for what it is on the Thanksgiving day. It is also beautifully dark humored in Sherman Alexie way.&nbsp;</p>