The Indian Lawyer (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Welch
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Moral
- Time of Work: 1988
- Setting: Helena, Montana, and surrounding areas
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery
- Locales: Helena, Montana
Characters Discussed
Sylvester Yellow Calf, a Blackfeet Indian who is a model of achievement. Formerly a college basketball star, he went on to study law at Stanford and then to become a well- regarded lawyer in a firm in Helena, Montana. Far more materially successful than the childhood friends he has left behind, but not entirely comfortable in upper-middle-class white society, he feels caught between two cultures. As the novel begins, he is being courted by national political organizers as a possible congressional candidate. He also serves on the state parole board, as one...
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