In looking at Alexie's site, I thought this review of his latest movie, The Business of Fancydancing was interesting in context with the title of this thread:

"The director's dry sincerity leavens the sentiment of this quasi-autobiographical film, a tale about the burden of constantly being asked who you are and where you come from - a question that artists of color constantly hear, either from others or themselves. Mr. Alexie is smart enough to know it's never satisfactorily answered."
--Elvis Mitchell, New York Times