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Karen Louise Erdrich (/ ˈ ɜːr d r ɪ k / ER-drik; [2] born June 7, 1954) [3] is a Native American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota , a federally recognized Ojibwe people .
The Round House is a novel by the American writer Louise Erdrich first published on October 2, 2012 by HarperCollins. [1] The Round House is Erdrich's 14th novel and is part of her "justice trilogy" of novels, which includes The Plague of Doves released in 2008 and LaRose in 2016. [2]
Birchbark Books, also known by its full name, Birchbark Books & Native Arts, is an independent bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the Kenwood neighborhood. Selling both books and works of art, it was founded by Pulitzer Prize–winning Native American novelist Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians [2]) in 2001.
The Birchbark House is a 1999 indigenous juvenile realistic fiction novel by Louise Erdrich, and is the first book in a five book series known as The Birchbark series.The story follows the life of Omakayas and her Ojibwe community beginning in 1847 near present-day Lake Superior.
The Plague of Doves is a 2008 New York Times bestseller and the first entry in a loosely-connected trilogy by Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich. [1] The Plague of Doves follows the townsfolk of the fictional Pluto, North Dakota, who are plagued by a farming family's unsolved murder from generations prior. [1]
Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise and her husband, Shaman Durek Verrett, shared new photos from their wedding after tying the knot this weekend. The newlyweds opened up about their big day in an ...
LaRose is a novel by the Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich, published in 2016 by HarperCollins. [1] The book received positive reviews from multiple publications, including The New York Times, [1] The Kansas City Star, [2] Winnipeg Free Press, [3] The Philadelphia Inquirer, [4] The Washington Post, [5] The A.V. Club, [6] The Sydney Morning Herald, [7] USA Today, [8] and The Chronicle Herald. [9]
The novel was inspired by the life of Erdrich's grandfather who motivated and inspired other members of the Turtle Mountain Reservation to resist the Indian termination policies of the 1940s-1960s. [2] The Night Watchman is the first novel that Erdrich has written that is set on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. [3]