The Business of Fanydancing

One of the most interesting things for me was how Seymour's character reconciled being a homosexual and an Indigenous persons. One of the major conflicts of the story is how he left the reservation and how he did not feel like it was home anymore, this is not because of adversity he faced as a homosexual but because of the limited possibilities he had there in many aspects. One of the things I was wondering about was how his lifestyle, though it seemed to be generally accepted, would have had developed had he not left the reservation. The qoute about how many sexual partners that Seymour had and their ethnicities made me wonder how many romantic choices he would have had on the reservation, and if this influenced his decision to leave."I've had sex with one Indian woman, 112 white boys and two black men," he laughs, "but I've never slept with an Indian man."Though I am merely speculating, the quote seems to point out that Seymour feels as if he would not have easily found a significant other if he had stayed on the reservation, or at least not had as many options. The conflict of having a home that Seymour seems fond of overall, versus being able to have many opportunities that coincide with his sexual preference may be a reason that Seymour felt such conflict. Seymour at least may have felt difficulty in identifying with his tribe while being visibly different.
Though in the movie Seymour's Grandmother was accepting of his decision, two of the largest communities of Indigenous Peoples recently put measures in place to ban Gay Marriage on reservations. "Experts note that some tribes, including the Navajo and the Cherokee, have passed laws opposing same-sex marriage, but the precise marriage policy of many tribes is not known because tribes do not always make their laws public." (William Yardley NYTimes)(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/us/12tribe.html) . Since homosexuality is not a concurrent issue throughout all of Indigenous tribes, it is difficult to asses whether Seymour felt as if his identity was able to be sustained on his reservation, and I am interested in seeing if and how this is resolved in the end of the film.