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Chapter-by-Chapter Summary. Quick (-ish) Recap. The book opens in September 1952 and starts by introducing the main characters, all of whom live at the Turtle Mountain reservation. Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at a manufacturing plant nearby as well as the tribal chairman for the Turtle Mountain people.
Feb 11, 2024 · 1. The Struggle for Sovereignty and Identity. 2. The Legacy of Historical Trauma. 3. Community and Interconnectedness. Final Thoughts. Summary. Thomas, the night watchman at the Turtle Mountain Jewel Bearing Plant and the tribal chairman, is also based on Erdrich’s own grandfather.
In September of 1953, Thomas Wazhashk works as a night watchman at the Turtle Mountain Jewel Bearing Plant. He writes letters while he works, both personal letters to his children, and letters to government officials and reporters in his role as the chairman for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Often, late at night, the ghost of a former ...
Mar 3, 2020 · An Amazon Best Book of March 2020: Louise Erdrich pays poignant homage to her grandfather in this sweeping novel about Native American dispossession in the 1950s. Like her grandfather, our titular hero is a humble night watchman, also the tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.
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Mar 3, 2020 · The Night Watchman: A Novel. Louise Erdrich. HarperCollins, Mar 3, 2020 - Fiction - 464 pages. WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WASHINGTON POST, NPR,...
Plot. Thomas Wazhashk, a night watchman at a jewel bearing plant and an Ojibwe Councilor, works to comprehend the consequences of a new termination bill drafted by Arthur Vivian Watkins heading to the floor of the United States Congress. [1] . In 1953, Thomas and other Ojibwe people begin to fear the implications of this bill.
Jul 11, 2021 · Synopsis. Based on events from the life of Erdrich's grandfather, The Night Watchman is about tribal chairman Thomas Wazhashk's efforts to fight against the push for Indian termination in 1953, which would have ignored prior U.S.-Native American treaties and resulted in the dispossession of Native American lands.
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