Louise Erdrich
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- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Novelists, Short Story Writers, Poetry, Poets, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, American Indian History, Women's history
Article abstract: One of the most widely acclaimed Native American writers of fiction and poetry, Louise Erdrich tells of intertwining relationships and histories among an extended family of twentieth century Chippewas.
Louise Erdrich was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, across the Red River from Wahpeton, North Dakota, the small town that later served as a model for Erdrich's fictional town of Argus. Her father, Ralph Erdrich, was a German immigrant; her mother, Rita Journeau Erdrich, was a three-quarters Chippewa. Both her parents were employed by the Wahpeton...
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