Abstract :
Louise Erdrich is one of the most influential writers of the Native
American Renaissance. Her contributions to the representation of Native American
history have been great, and her masterpieces of children’s literature have won her a
prominent reputation. This article explores the (re)location of the concept of home
in Erdrich’s The Game of Silence and analyzes the novel’s historical context
with reference to various discourses on space/place, including those by Native
Americans. Erdrich’s narration reconstructs a space for Native American culture,
religion and tradition, and for the continued survival of Native American people.
She represents the silent history of her ancestors’ displacement to the West, as white
settlers encroached upon their beloved homeland. As Erdrich’s work so poignantly
illustrates, for Native American people, home is nowhere and anywhere
