In the holy city of Tova

Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the jewel bearing plant

or the relentless coercion to surrender cultural traditions

Ojibwe with English translation

assimilated

The Night Watchman leadership In the holy city ofWinner of the Pulitzer Prize. "Erdrich at her radiant best" Booklist Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award winning author Louise Erdrichs grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D. C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling