The Night Watchman
novel by Erdrich
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The Night Watchman is a novel by Louise Erdrich that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2020. Inspired by Erdrich's maternal grandfather, the story is set in the 1950s and follows a community of Native people. They travel to Washington, D.C. to protest a proposed termination bill. This bill aimed to abolish Native tribes by selling their land and relocating them to urban areas. The novel centers on their efforts to fight this legislation and preserve their community and way of life.1
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