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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. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062671189
  • ISBN: 0062671189
  • Physical Description: 451 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Editions may vary.
Subject: Indians of North America > North Dakota > Fiction.
Ojibwa Indians > Fiction.
Indians of North America > Government relations > Fiction.
Indian 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.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 13 of 18 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library ERDRICH (Louise) (Text) 37814003296267 FICTION Available -
Blue Mountain Community College Library BMTF Er29n (Text) 35410000172213 Fiction Reshelving -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande F Erdrich, L (Text) 35178001802498 Adult Fiction Available -
Fossil City Library FIC ERD (Text) 37830000065711 Adult Fiction Available -
Gilliam County Library F ERDR (Text) 37823000192403 Adult Fiction Available -
Harney County Library FIC ERDRI (Text) 37720000599084 Adult Fiction Available -
Hood River County Library FIC ERDRICH (Text) 33892100242586 Adult Fiction Available -
Hood River County Library FIC ERDRICH (Text) 33892100667071 Adult Fiction Available -
Josephy Library of Western History and Culture PS3555.R42 N54 2020 (Text) 37846000009988 Contempory Indigenous Authors Available -
Lake County Main Library - Lakeview FIC ERDRICH (Text) 37620000943631 Adult Fiction Available -


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