Intercultural identity in James Welch's 'Fools Crow' and 'The Indian Lawyer.'

James Welch, in his novels 'Fools Crow' and 'The Indian Lawyer' portrays the shaping of Native American's individual identity as an ongoing process that is never complete. Rather than judging an individual in terms of their relationship to a static society, Welch's novels recognize that society changes constantly, so self-identification cannot be achieved through one's relationship to an ideal, inert concept of culture or roles.

James Welch continually has shown the difficulty that individuals have understanding, adapting and acting in the world. In Fools Crow (1986) and The Indian Lawyer ...

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