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Essay Archive - Karen Louise Erdrich
Karen Louise Erdrich
In 1954, Karen Louise Erdrich was born to a Chippewa Indian mother
and German-American father in Little Falls, Minnesota. She grew up in
Wahpeton, North Dakota as a member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe.
Her family lived near the reservation where her parents worked as teachers
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Louise believes that her interest in writing is due to her lack of
exposure to television and movies while she was growing up. She recalls
that her father gave her and her sisters the encouragement to write stories
by paying them a nickel for each story they wrote.
In 1972 she received....
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