The Western Power Politics and Its Effects on the Ojibwe Tribes in Louise Erdrich’s The Round House
M. Perumal1*, Dr. T.S.Varadharajan2
1Ph.D. research Scholar, PG and
Research Department of English, Thiagarajar College,
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
*E mail: perumalmku@gmail.com
2 Research Supervisor & Assistant Professor of English, PG
and Research Department of English, Thiagarajar College,
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
e-mail: varadharajan_eng@tcarts.in
ABSTRACT
The research paper aims to explore the ways Louise Erdrich explicates White settlers’ power and oppressive forces shaping the narrative, impacting Indigenous characters, and reflecting historical injustices in her novel The Round House. This paper references Iris Marion Young’s Theory of Oppression, examining how historical colonization has harmed Indigenous populations and cultures. It also highlights Western supremacy over Native American people as a unique instance in this novel and analyses it from the postcolonial standpoint and theory of oppression..
Keywords: Native American, Colonialism, Chippewa, Marginalization, Powerlessness, Oppression, Violence.
