Geiogamah’s 49 and Reconstruction of American Native Cultural Identity

摘要

Cultural identity in Geiogamah’s play 49 represented a common concern of contemporary American Indian writers. Geiogamah highlighted the renewal and reconstruction of tribe tradition and cultural identity for native Indians. He stressed the imperative of maintaining ethnic tradition in identity quest by way of cultural rejuvenation, and ritual experience. The play dem⁃onstrated that the way for the Indians in the modernization is to protect national culture, return to the tribe tradition and face the social reality.