The night watchman, a novel, Louise Erdrich
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The night watchman, a novel, Louise Erdrich
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The night watchman
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
1141435973
Responsibility statement
Louise Erdrich
Sub title
a novel
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
Target audience
adult
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- Ojibwa Indians + Government relations -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Ojibwa Indians -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- Indian termination policy -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Literature
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- North Dakota -- Fiction
- Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Fiction
- Indians of North America + Government relations -- Fiction
- FICTION / Native American & Aboriginal
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- Subject14
- Ojibwa Indians + Government relations -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Ojibwa Indians -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- Indian termination policy -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Literature
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota -- Officials and employees -- Fiction
- Indians of North America -- North Dakota -- Fiction
- Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Fiction
- Indians of North America + Government relations -- Fiction
- FICTION / Native American & Aboriginal
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1