Some people say that my life is calculated; that I created the image of a kind of eccentric just for effect, that's good promotion. Some say I am a wolf, some say I am like a Fox. Some say I never did exist at all but I am a clever product of a publisher's imagination. But I have a fine disregard for what everyone says. Invariably, I listen to only what I want to hear, see only what I want to see, say what I want to say, and remember everything. Actually I believe none of the above but I feel that I am a kind of an easy going individual if I have my way. This is the true story of what I feel is rather unique, of a person who started out at eleven years of age working as a saw mill worker to a logger and a high climber, yarder operator to truck driver, coal miner, ship yard worker, apartment manager, bar tender, politician, Indian Organizer, to executive of the Coquille Indian Tribe. These are just a few of the things I have done. I have walked and talked and became friends with Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Kings.