The Indian Lawyer is a novel published in 1990 by James Welch, one of the reputable Indian-American writers. The novel represents the protagonist Sylvester Yellow Calf 's seeking of his Indian identity in a society of hierarchy, in which, three binary oppositions are notable: the spatial binary opposition of race; the spatial binary opposition of class and the spatial binary opposition of gender. The white who control the political power dominate the social space, the male manipulate the place and the activities of the female, furthermore, the upper class also get control of the lower class in the manner of space. It is political system that results in the binary oppositions and social crux.