Bibliograph

The night watchman, a novel, Louise Erdrich

Type

Label

The night watchman, a novel, Louise Erdrich

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The night watchman

Responsibility statement

Louise Erdrich

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the jewel bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa Council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new 'emancipation' bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. It is 1953 and he and the other council members know the bill isn't about freedom; Congress is fed up with Indians. The bill is a 'termination' that threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land and their very identity. How can the government abandon treaties made in good faith with Native Americans 'for as long as the grasses shall grow, and the rivers run'?

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Night watch man

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