Complex sentence: Alexie was born on October 7,1966, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington, and spent his childhood on the Spokane Indian Reservation, located west of Spokane.
Split into simpler sentences: Alexie was born on October 7,1966, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington. He lived as a child on the Spokane Indian Reservation, located west of Spokane.