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1. Who is Hector in relation to the narrator? When was the last time the narrator has seen him?

Hector is the narrator's uncle who he also says was his favorite relative. Hector left the reservation 41 years ago and was never seen again.

2. What type of person does the narrator say Hector was? How old would he be if he were alive? What does the narrator think Hector would be like?

Hector is described as an alcoholic who worked sporadically. He would be 72 were he still alive. The narrator imagines that if Hector were still alive he would be overweight and "would have sobered up and become a tribal elder" (1).

3. What does the narrator say of the family he has lost, his aunts, uncles, cousins and father and those who are still living in paragraph 2 of "Happy Trails"?

The narrator describes losing aunts and uncles to car accidents, cancer, and heart disease. Hist father died of diabetes 7 years ago. He has a living uncle in Seattle whom he rarely sees and a cousin who married a Lakota and moved to South Dakota. Three other living cousins are in prison and another three live in poverty on the reservation.

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