Urban Indians are “individuals of American Indian and Alaskan Native ancestry who may or may not have direct and/or active ties with a particular tribe, but who identify with and are at least somewhat active in the Native community in their urban area” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Indian). Drew has spent 18 years in his rural community and it has shaped who he has become, and how it has impacted his adult wellbeing. Drew has lived in the city for a long time and that has changed how he views things versus when he was a child. The comparisons and differences Drew experienced growing up are very similar to my childhood, since I came from a different country. Drew Taylor is a writer who spent 18 years of his life living in a rural community. He then left for Canada’s largest city, Toronto, for work and education and lived there for 16 years. (Taylor, 2001, p. 419) Since Drew had been gone for so long, he decided to come back home to visit his family. As a child, he grew up with his family around to take care of him and his needs. When he was in Toronto, he was independent; he took care of himself because there was no one else to do his laundry for or buy groceries for him. His life back in his home town is very different from his life in Toronto, but there are a few connections. Some of the habits the author had in his childhood has not changed, and there are other things that he grew out of. Drew was a Native Indian at heart and he still is; he loved fried foods when he was a child and he still does. The most important factor is that he still has the same morals he got when he was a child. He has never forgotten those morals and as he says in the text, “it shaped who I am and what I am.” (Taylor, 2001, p. 420) He grew up learning and understanding morals that taught and helped him become the man he is now – an independent, hardworking writer who moved to a big city to fulfil his dreams. However, there are some differe