The binary of self and other is perhaps one of the most basic factors influencing personal identity. Whether or not it is possible for one to identify himself differently from culture to culture questions the notion of one true identity. This is therefore to be an exploration into the identity dilemma, which leads to the question ‘can one be able to construct more than one identity at any given time?’. Under the influence of the norm and the expectations from the communities, which a person is involved in, identities are believed to be socially constructed, which often cause people to behave accordingly to the culture’s hegemony. This essay will attempt to answer the question according to that direction by comparing and contrasting The Birchbark House (Erdrich 1999) and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian (Alexie 2007). Several comparisons between the two novels in terms of identity consistency will be presented to explore the existence of multiple identities. What is the meaning of being a son, a daughter, a parent, a sister or a brother? What social class is a person in? Why is there more than one gender? All will not matter if the society did not give meaning to each of them. To say something that it is socially constructed is to point out its formation based on people’s subjective consciousness (Boghossian 2011). In other words, this thing might not exist if people had not built it through their social and cultural practice. Hence, it can be said that the social constructions vary in different communities. When Omakayas is first introduced, she is a seven-year-old Anishinabeg girl, a child who has little or no power over any matter. She still tries to prove herself useful by doing her chores or simply by eagerly fetching the scissors for her mother. Her identity in this Anishinabe’s social construction is a little sister and a daughter, who is supposed to listen to her mother and follow any instruction from the elderly. Under the normal living condition on the island of the tribe, she is being treated