Rob Cabitto

Cabitto is a Native American of the Karuk tribe from Siskiyou County, California.[1] He was adopted by a non-Native American family at the age of 5 after his biological father poured gasoline on him.[2][3] His biological mother and father were absentee parents with addictions. Both parents were incarcerated at different times in Cabitto’s early childhood.[4]

Cabitto was an athlete in high school until he broke his leg in 1984 and became an alcoholic and drug addict.[3]

As of 2012, Cabitto lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He has a nine-year-old son.[2]

Cabitto published his memoir, The Fractured Life of 3743, in 2011.[5] The number 3743 refers to his tribal roll number. The book discusses Cabitto’s loss of identity after being adopted at age 5 into a non-Native American home. The book details Cabitto’s years of addictive behavior[4] and homelessness.[3] Cabitto began a recovery program after being arrested in 1994.[4] The book also discusses his life experiences, including the Native American tradition of vision quest and Lakota Sundance.[6] Cabitto wrote the book using the journals that he kept over his life.[1]

Cabitto spoke about the events in the book on the Kevin Sponsler show on KSYC-FM 103.9 on January 25, 2012.[7]

Cabitto has a Bachelor of Science from University of Phoenix and an MBA from New York Institute of Technology.[8] He started a communications business in 2009 called Nine Mile Communications after working for Cisco Systems.[3] Cabitto is also on the board of the Salvation Army.[2]