Tag: Indigenous

• The Night Watchman

  

  Based upon Erdrich’s grandfather’s life as a night watchman and a tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota as he fights the Native American dispossession in the 1950s.

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  April 12, 2021

  Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

  2020 Release, Author: E, BIPOC Author, Historical Fiction, Indigenous, Literary Fiction, Pulitzer Prize, Rating: 3.5 stars

• Firekeeper’s Daughter

  

  Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on…

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  March 16, 2021

  Mysteries & Thrillers, Young Adult

  2021 Release, Author: B, Book of the Month, BOTM Review, Edgar Award, Indigenous, Mysteries & Thrillers, Rating: 5 stars, Reese’s Book Club, Young Adult