Skip to main content

Transcript: Roger Fernandez

Differences between living on a reservation and living in an urban area

[Lindberg:]
If it were possible in Seattle to establish a big Indian town, would you like to be in it?
[Fernandez:]
Interesting question. I’m too urban. One of the things I don’t like about, or don’t appreciate about reservation life, is everybody knows everybody and everybody knows everybody’s business. And urban—we’re granted a certain amount of anonymity and privacy that I’ve grown up appreciating.