Karen Louise Erdrich is an American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Ojibwe people.
When his mother is attacked on their Ojibwe reservation, a teenage boy named Joe seeks justice, forcing him to deal with tribal law, family loyalty, and how one violent act affects everything.
A German master butcher, haunted by war and armed with his knives and sausages, builds a new life and a singing club in Prohibition-era North Dakota, only to find his carefully constructed world irrevocably altered by the arrival of a captivating young woman.
Across generations, the Kashpaw and Lamartine families navigate love, betrayal, and the enduring spirit of their Ojibwe heritage on a North Dakota reservation.
In a small North Dakota town, the unsolved murder of a farm family echoes through generations. An Ojibwe girl, her history-keeping grandfather, and a judge seeking justice uncover years of revenge, hidden truths, and the lasting impact of historical injustice.
Orphaned siblings Mary and Karl arrive in 1930s North Dakota, beginning a forty-year story of family secrets, strange events, and the strong, often obsessive, ties that shape their unusual lives.
In early 1900s North Dakota, a community faces the loss of ancestral lands and the encroaching world, relying on the enduring, often mystical, power of its Anishinaabeg heritage.
Journey through 1847 with spirited Ojibwa girl Omakayas as she navigates the daily rhythms of family, nature, and the looming shadow of smallpox on Lake Superior's Madeline Island.
