![]() ![]() Yet The Night Watchman does focus on several thematic elements of Indigenous rights and repeatedly addresses elements of mistreatment Indians received at boarding school. Although the time of the impending Termination Act serves as the backdrop and is a central idea of the tale, The Night Watchman does not have the same legal focus of other Erdrich works such as The Round House. ![]() Erdrich's protagonist, Thomas Wazhushk, a night watchman at the reservation's Turtle Mountain Jewel Bearing Plant and tribal chairperson, is based on Erdrich's own grandfather. ![]() Louise erdrich's the night watchman is a personal journey into the psychological effects the threat of Public Law 280, also known as the Termination Act of 1953 or House Resolution 108, had on members of the Turtle Mountain Reservation. ![]()
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