What is the Spokane Indian Reservation like in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian?

The Indian Reservation is the standard reservation, but
its significance is what it symbolizes.  The reservation symbolizes a loss of hope and a
resignation to a life of despair.  It is here where Junior makes the great association
between his life and the lack of opportunities.  Junior struggles to find any examples
of life on the reservation where hope exists.  The concept of the reservation is
antithetical to the historical "DNA" of the Native American people, an irony not lost on
Junior in his perceptions of reality.  A culture that roamed freely, not believing in
arbitrary boundaries now finds itself contained and limited, unable to move past borders
that have been set by White America.  For Junior, this is both physical and symbolic of
the depths to which Native Americans have been reduced.  Junior understands this very
well and comes to associate the reservation with this state of being in the world.  This
is why Junior wishes to go somewhere that represents "hope," something he does not see
in the reservation.  While Junior does recognizes the limitations of White America with
his time at Reardon, and does emotionally value the Native American experience, his own
experience, Junior also understands that there is much pain associated with the
reservation and the people who live on it.