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My brother didn’t want me kidding myself. Then he put his hands on my shoulders and told me, ‘the world is made up of tall people, short people, white people, black people—Native people. You are what you are. You can spend the rest of your life wanting to be something else. Or you can accept who you are and be a happy person who will bring love and happiness to others. You can choose for yourself.’”