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Turtle Mountain Jewel Bearing Plant to Juggie's Boy: Pages 1-59

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Erdrich, Louise. The Night Watchman. HarperCollins, 2020. Hardcover.

• The author begins The Night Watchman with a note explaining House Concurrent Resolution 108, a 1953 bill to end treaties between American Indian Nations and the United States.

• The author’s grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, fought against “termination” as tribal chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and while working as a night watchman.

• The novel is loosely based on his experiences.

• The novel opens in September of 1953.

• In “Turtle Mountain Jewel Bearing Plant,” Thomas Wazhashk arrives at the bearing plant for his job as a night watchman.

• The plant is the first to provide manufacturing jobs near the reservation.

• Most of the employees are women, who had higher scores on tests for manual dexterity than men.

• Thomas was fortunate...

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