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The night watchman : a novel / Louise Erdrich.

Erdrich, Louise, (author.).

Summary:

"It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom -- it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal? Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie -- 'Patrice' -- Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to get if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera."-- Publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062671189 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0062671189 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 451 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

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Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize.

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Subject: Indigenous peoples > North Dakota > Fiction.
Indigenous peoples > North America > Fiction.
Indigenous peoples > Government relations > Fiction.
Ojibwa Indigenous > Fiction.
Indigenous of North America > North Dakota > Fiction.
Indigenous of North America > Government relations > Fiction.
Indigenous termination policy > Fiction.
Dysfunctional families > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota > Officials and employees > Fiction.
Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Topic Heading: Indigenous collection

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  • 28 of 28 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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