Alexie's "I Hate Tonto (Still Do)"

In the beginning Alexie starts off by stating that he loves all Indian films, good and bad. He would get so into these films that he would imagine self as a cinematic Indian. As Alexie matured and begin to realize that Indians were nothing like the Indians portrayed in these film, he then accepted his Indian heritage. This was one of the main reason he did not like Tonto , because he was a Indian who actually played the role of a real Indian. It's good that he got over these stereotypes as he got older, it open his eyes to see that he could be the stereotypical Indian, but was far different from what was being portrayed.