Cultural reconciliation in Sherman Alexie's flight and the absolutely true diary of a parttime Indian

Multicultural identity is the common feature of global world. Being an individual who seeks to find a place in the modern world requires reconciliation and assimilation into modern multicultural traditions. This study aims to analyze the American Indian's cultural traditions and lifestyle. Post-colonialism has influenced not only black, brown, yellow Americans but also Native American individuals culturally and psychologically. As a result of intercultural conflicts, many socio political problems have appeared on the continent. Native Americans were subjected to the violation and racist applications by the new settlers. Alcoholism and poverty have been the most familiar, endemic problems of American-Indians in the reservation basin. The Religious transformation and assimilation of minorities have appeared as the big problem. Sherman Alexie is the prolific, contemporary, and red skin American author who has grown up in the 'Spokane Indian reservation'. His two young famous novels - Flight and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - discuss the chaotic communities in terms of seeking new identities. He masterly, embodies the social problems of the society to expose the painful picture of American Indians using inspired characters from the literary and true stories. He encourages the young generation to eliminate American Indian stereotypes. He always progresses toward cultural identity reconciliation. He draws a clear picture of the problem to the world through these two important novels. The protagonist Zits is a half-Native American orphan in the Flight, Arnold is a protagonist In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Both protagonists suffer from poverty and alcoholism inside their reservation. Using the two narratives, Sheman expresses American Indian traumatic life due to colonialism. Through the eyes of two Native vi American teenagers, Alexie demonstrates the struggles for hope and builds red identity in the modern era. Both protagonists seek to reconcile with themselves and other racial groups as well. Keywords : Culture, Reconciliation, American-Indians, Sherman Alexie, Alcoholism, Reservation, Post-Colonialism.