"The Night Watchman" Book Discussion Online

Based on her own family’s experience of navigating life in the United States as a member of the Ojibwa nation, Louise Erdrich’s historical novel The Night Watchman tells the story of the Turtle Mountain Reservation rebellion against the Congress’s 1953 decision to dissolve the legal and cultural dominion of 113 tribal nations by saying that the people living within these nations and their reservation would fall under United States legal jurisdiction. This meant that centuries of legal heritage and governance were terminated. This era in history became known as the Termination Era, as the U.S. government tried to terminate the sovereignty of tribes in had once deemed to be independent nations.

Please join us on Monday, August 29, 2022 to discuss this 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner Novel at 6:30 pm. This will be a virtual only meeting via Zoom. Please sign up in advance for this event. To register click here. 

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If you do not have a card, and you are a Town of Hamden resident, you can obtain one at any of the library’s branches or online. Copies of the book are available at the library and downloadable books are available through the website, www.hamdenlibrary.org by using the Libby app at Overdrive.

After registering on Zoom, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Questions? Please contact us by either emailing us at info@hamdenlibrary.org, or call us at 203-287-2680.