Part one of term paper
In 1954, 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 writi ...

Part two of term paper
... to Dartmouth and was the year that a Native American studies department was created. Headed up by anthropologist Michael Dorris, the class allowed Louise to research her own ancestry which later inspired her novels. Louise wanted to expand her knowledge of the real world, so she took up a wide range of jobs including working as a lifeguard, waitress, poetry teacher at prisons and construction flag signaler. She was also an editor for the Circle which was a Boston Indian Council newspaper. Whe ...