I began to think of everything in terms of paragraphs. Our reservation was a small paragraph within the United States. My family'shouse was a paragraph, distinct from the other paragraphs of the LeBrets to the north, the Fords to our south and the Tribal School to the west. Inside ourhouse, each family member existed as a separate paragraph but still had genetics and common experiences to link us. Now, using this logic, I can see mychanged family as an essay of seven paragraphs: mother, father, older brother, the dece