Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle
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Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle is a series of interlinked novels set primarily on and around Ojibwe reservations in North Dakota, exploring interconnected Native American families across generations.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf | literary cycle ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Ojibwe identity
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colonialism and its legacy ⓘ family and community bonds ⓘ interconnected Native American families ⓘ multi-generational history ⓘ reservation life ⓘ spirituality and the sacred ⓘ trauma and resilience ⓘ tribal sovereignty ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Louise Erdrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnEthnicGroup |
Ojibwe people
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mixed-heritage Native and non-Native communities ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literature
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family saga ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Four Souls
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LaRose NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ Tales of Burning Love NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beet Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bingo Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ The Night Watchman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Painted Drum NERFINISHED ⓘ The Plague of Doves NERFINISHED ⓘ The Round House NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sentence NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
known for complex intergenerational character networks
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major work of contemporary Native American fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interlinked novels ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
interconnected storylines
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multiple narrators ⓘ nonlinear chronology ⓘ |
| notableCharacterGroup |
Kashpaw family
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Lamartine family NERFINISHED ⓘ Lazarre family NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanapush family NERFINISHED ⓘ Pillager family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySetting |
North Dakota
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Ojibwe reservations ⓘ |
| recurringSetting |
fictional Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota
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nearby non-Native town in North Dakota ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | late 19th century to 21st century ⓘ |
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