Pixie Paranteau supports her family with earnings from a job at the new jewel bearing plant her sister, Vera, has disappeared in the Cities and has been caught in the underbelly of the beast Wood Mountain is becoming a top boxer, training with Barnes, a local white coach with eyes glued on Pixie Millie Cloud is in Minneapolis and has authored a study of her father’s reservation which will be useful in the fight against termination and Thomas spends his nights as the Night Watchman at the plant - struggling to stay awake by writing letters using the Palmer Method ingrained in him at the Indian boarding school. While the termination fight touches everyone, much of the content covers the progression of individual lives in the community. While that is the overarching plot line, the story is told as a set of short chapters from various character viewpoints. Gourneau is fictionalized as Thomas Wazhashk. The novel is based on the experiences of Erdrich’s grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, in his determined fight against the proposed termination of his Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa named in House Concurrent Resolution 108 passed in August of 1953. So just think about what they used to mean and apply here. have been rendered meaningless through overuse. I’m grasping for words to express how much I loved this book but all the good words - profound, brilliant, amazing, etc.
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