The Boy Behind The Door

Who are we? How does identity mold us? The Boy Behind The Door is a story about my father; 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 book details how I dealt with my father's alcoholism, and watched him struggle as he grasped his identity. 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 our entire family tree, including relatives we thought were forever lost.