The Night Watchman

Name: The Night Watchman
Author: Louise Erdrich

by Louise Erdrich

Historical novel about Ojibwe community fighting against American Indian relocation policy

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Louise Erdrich

American novelist of Chippewa descent whose Love Medicine launched a multigenerational saga of Native American life in North Dakota. The Night Watchman won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021. She is the most celebrated Native American novelist in contemporary literature.

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