The Boy Behind the Door

Book excerpt: The Boy Behind The Door is a story about my life and my father's life, and how the two have intertwined and influenced one another. My father is a Navajo Native American, who was adopted by a white family, and was not told he was Native American or adopted until he was 18 years old. He had an identity crisis when this happened, and his life became a whirlwind. This fact affected every life decision he made after he found out, thus, affecting my life too. This story really began almost four years ago when I started researching why my family does not have tribal IDs, and I uncovered more than that, and began uncovering an entire family tree.