Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody’s writing about them. They’re really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations.
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I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture.
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| Birth: | 9th February, 1964 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Nurse |
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Renee Jacisin Ellmers is the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. She is a member of the Republican Party. Ellmers defeated seven-term Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge in 2010 by 1,489 votes, confirmed after a recount.
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