![]() ![]() Tom and Louise spoke in the afternoon, before her appearance that evening at Haskell Indian Nations University.Ī reminder that because this conversation was pre-recorded, we can’t take your calls and comments. On that day, Louise Erdrich was at the end of a 6-city book tour, still flying in full planes. Tom spoke with the author on March 11 th, 2020, when public understanding of the severity of the coronavirus pandemic was in its nascent stage. Erdrich’s grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, who led the Turtle Mountain Band’s fight against what the government called “emancipation.”ĭescribing the book as "a masterpiece," Tom notes that like the many other Louise Erdrich novels he's had the pleasure of encountering, this one is "transcendent, enchanting, and revelatory." THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich RELEASE DATE: MaIn this unhurried, kaleidoscopic story, the efforts of Native Americans to save their lands from being taken away by the U.S. The Night Watchman (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Louise Erdrich 4.3 (8) Paperback 15.49 18.00 Save 14 Hardcover 25.99 Paperback 15.49 eBook 12.49 Audiobook 31.99 Large Print 30.99 Audio CD 19. It chronicles the efforts of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to thwart the government’s attempt to terminate them, which is to say, end federal recognition of the tribe, and force them off their ancestral land. ![]() The Night Watchman takes place in rural North Dakota in the 1950s. ![]()
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