Murder On The Reservation

Author : Ray B. Browne
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780299196141

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Murder on the Reservation by Ray B. Browne Pdf

In Murder on the Reservation, Ray B. Browne surveys the work of several of the best-known writers of crime fiction involving Indian characters and references virtually every book that qualifies as an Indian-related mystery. Browne believes that within the genre of crime fiction all people are equal, and the increasing role of Indian characters in criminal fiction proves what an important role this genre plays as a powerful democratizing force in American society. He endeavors to both analyze and evaluate the individual work of the authors, and at the same time, provide a commentary on the various attitudes towards race relations in the United States that each author presents. Some Indian fiction is intended to right the wrongs the authors feel have been leveled against Indians. Other authors use Indian lore and Indian locales as exotic elements and locations for the entertaining and commercially successful stories they want to write. Browne’s analysis includes authors and works of all backgrounds, with mysteries of first-class murder both on and off the reservation.

Author : Sierra Crane Murdoch
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780399589171

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Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch Pdf

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it—an urgent work of literary journalism. “I don’t know a more complicated, original protagonist in literature than Lissa Yellow Bird, or a more dogged reporter in American journalism than Sierra Crane Murdoch.”—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian Days In development as a Paramount+ original series WINNER OF THE OREGON BOOK AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Publishers Weekly When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher “KC” Clarke, had disappeared from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone, and few people were actively looking for him. Yellow Bird traces Lissa’s steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke’s disappearance. She navigates two worlds—that of her own tribe, changed by its newfound wealth, and that of the non-Native oilmen, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit of Clarke is also a pursuit of redemption, as Lissa atones for her own crimes and reckons with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is an exquisitely written, masterfully reported story about a search for justice and a remarkable portrait of a complex woman who is smart, funny, eloquent, compassionate, and—when it serves her cause—manipulative. Drawing on eight years of immersive investigation, Sierra Crane Murdoch has produced a profound examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing.

Author : Ronet Bachman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313066665

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Death and Violence on the Reservation by Ronet Bachman Pdf

This volume is the first major attempt to systematically examine the etiology of violence in American Indian communities. Using fieldwork as well as quantitative and qualitative research, Bachman first presents an overview of American Indians from historical and contemporary perspectives, before she focuses specifically on violence and its causes. Homicide, suicide, and family violence are analyzed in depth, and the destructive impacts of alcohol and other addictive substances are documented. Dr. Bachman effectively uses personal stories and narratives given by American Indians to illustrate the living reality behind the statistics she presents. She concludes with a variety of policy recommendations that will be of interest not only to policymakers, but also to academic researchers and students in criminology, ethnic relations, sociology, and anthropology.

Author : Dennis McAuliffe
Publisher : Council Oak Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1571780831

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Bloodland by Dennis McAuliffe Pdf

Murder mystery, family memoir and spiritual journey combined, this story unearths family secrets and ultimately exposes a systematic murder plot.

Author : Dennis McAuliffe,David Grann
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781641604192

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The Deaths of Sybil Bolton by Dennis McAuliffe,David Grann Pdf

A true story of greed and murder of Native Americans by their countrymen Journalist Dennis McAuliffe Jr. grew up believing that his Osage Indian grandmother, Sybil Bolton, had died an early death in 1925 from kidney disease. It was only by chance that he learned the real cause was a gunshot wound, and that her murder may well have been engineered by his own grandfather. As McAuliffe peeled away layers of suppressed history, he learned that Sybil was a victim of the "Osage Reign of Terror"—a systematic killing spree in the 1920s when white men descended upon the oil-rich Osage reservation to court, marry, and murder Native women to gain control of their money. The Deaths of Sybil Bolton is part murder mystery, part family memoir, and part spiritual journey.

Author : June Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:30251647

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Reservation for Murder by June Wright Pdf

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307742483

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Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Author : Marcie R. Rendon
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781641293778

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Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon Pdf

One Book, One Minnesota Selection for Summer 2021 Introducing Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman whose visions and grit help solve a brutal murder in this award-winning debut. 1970s, Red River Valley between North Dakota and Minnesota: Renee “Cash” Blackbear is 19 years old and tough as nails. She lives in Fargo, North Dakota, where she drives truck for local farmers, drinks beer, plays pool, and helps solve criminal investigations through the power of her visions. She has one friend, Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian, who helped her out of the broken foster care system. One Saturday morning, Sheriff Wheaton is called to investigate a pile of rags in a field and finds the body of an Indian man. When Cash dreams about the dead man’s weathered house on the Red Lake Reservation, she knows that’s the place to start looking for answers. Together, Cash and Wheaton work to solve a murder that stretches across cultures in a rural community traumatized by racism, genocide, and oppression.

Author : C. M. Wendelboe
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425240029

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Death Along the Spirit Road by C. M. Wendelboe Pdf

Native American FBI special agent Manny Tano investigates the murder of local land developer Jason Red Cloud, who was discovered with a war club in his skull on the site of his new resort on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Author : Paty Jager
Publisher : Windtree Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1944973060

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Reservation Revenge by Paty Jager Pdf

Book six of the Shandra Higheagle Native American Mystery Series Feuds...Jealousy...Murder Upon learning a cousin is suspected of murder, potter Shandra Higheagle travels to the Colville Reservation to support her family in any way she can, including the insight she receives from her Nez Perce grandmother in dreams. When the tribal police and FBI refuse to look for additional clues or suspects, Shandra becomes even more determined to uncover the truth. Detective Ryan Greer knows Shandra's snooping could cause more harm than good. He joins her at the Reservation and in her pursuit for justice. However, he soon discovers his own hidden secrets could be as dangerous as century old feuds, jealousy, and the drug running that is connected to the murder.

Author : Lillie M. Lankford
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1432736051

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The Two-Handed People by Lillie M. Lankford Pdf

Are You Prejudice? A peaceful people brutally murdered on their land and their revenge on the murderers.

Author : Diane Capri
Publisher : Diane Capri LLC
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942633242

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Reservation with Death by Diane Capri Pdf

A new cozy mystery series from New York Times and USA Today best-selling Author Diane Capri. Follow former lawyer turned concierge and amateur sleuth Andi Steele and her loveable cats (and dogs) as they catch murderers and solve crimes on historic Frontenac Island, Michigan. Dead bodies. Hunky men. A never-ending parade of demanding hotel guests, quirky villagers, cats, dogs, and maybe a ghost. Andi Steele loved her career as a lawyer, until she got caught in the fallout when her boss embezzled millions from clients. With no good options open to her, Andi accepted the only job she could get, filling in as the concierge at The Park Hotel on scenic Frontenac Island. She meets the devilishly handsome Mayor Daniel Evans, but she’s in no position to be thinking about romance. Now all she wants to do is lie low while she waits for the scandal to blow over so she can get her life back on track again. But lying low isn’t an option when she stumbles across a dead body in the hotel swimming pool closet, a dead body that didn’t get that way naturally. The local sheriff isn’t handling the investigation to Andi’s satisfaction, so the former legal eagle wades in to add her expertise. But when the killer has Andi in the line of fire, getting her old life back is no longer a priority. If she doesn’t look out, she might lose the only life she’s got, permanently. If you love traditional cozy mystery with a side of romance and suspense, you’ll love Andi Steele and The Park Hotel Mysteries. Get it now!

Author : Carl Douglass
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781594335877

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Death on a Pale Horse by Carl Douglass Pdf

Death on a Pale Horse iis the fourth novella of Carl Douglass' McGee series. Painted Desert High school principal Bertha Yazzie is murdered, and Lt. Naalnish Begay--head of the field office of the NDCI for the Painted Desert District in Blue Mesa, Arizona suspects her husband. It is soon evident that the case is not so simple. Her computer yields angry interchanges with her husband and passionate vitriol from angry parents, disgruntled employees of the school, and especially from a group that opposes American civilization education for the students. For them, the old Navajo ways are the best ways—the only ways. The investigation is further complicated when two more murders occur on the reservation, and witnesses see a painted Indian rider on a light-gray horse around the time of those murders. Both of the new victims are associated with the reservation schools, and that introduces new suspects. The situation is so politically charged that Lt. Begay seeks help from his old friend from their early days as FBI agents, J.P.A.M.J. McGee, who is now a famous New York private detective. McGee and his partners arrive on the reservation, and shortly the case becomes more complicated and more political. There are strong forces—FBI agents, witch doctors, and tribal authorities--acting to make the case go away. Neither Begay nor McGee are prone to yield to pressure, and a tense and potentially dangerous situation develops.

Author : C. M. Wendelboe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1645992284

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Death on the Greasy Grass by C. M. Wendelboe Pdf

FBI agent Manny Tanno is taking some much needed R and R at the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. But when a death on the reservation cuts his vacation short, he learns that the secrets of the past have a way of stirring up trouble in the present... As a scout for the legendary General Custer, Crow tribe member Levi Star Dancer kept a journal chronicling his exploits from the Battle of the Greasy Grass onward. Now, the missing journal has been found and the descendants of those mentioned in the account-including Levi's own-want to keep their family secrets hidden at all costs. Manny's trip to the Crow Agency Reservation turns out to be ill-timed when a reenactor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn is killed right in front of him. It turns out the victim was the one who found Levi Star Dancer's famed diary and was planning on selling it to the highest bidder. And while the dead body is hard to miss, the journal is nowhere to be found. Manny has to watch his back while searching for a murderer and the missing journal-because this slippery killer will do anything to make sure the past stays buried.

Author : Brenda Harlow Dean
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 197720239X

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A Betrayal of Trust by Brenda Harlow Dean Pdf

Ava Marie Sinclair never dreamed she would fall so deeply in love in one minute and become a widow the next. She had a life that felt like a fairy tale. The good job, nice apartment, and a handsome husband, all stolen from her with just one phone call. That phone call came late one night two years ago, she only remembers one word said to her, "Dead." Her husband, Drake had died two years ago but it felt like yesterday to Ave. Now Ava finds herself about to embark on a strange journey. Journeys are great, if you know where you are going. Ava's journey started with questions she had about the two items she found in Drake's coat pocket. Holding the items in her hand, Ava could feel her emotions going in all directions. She had loved a man so deeply that she could hardly breathe at times and now with so many questions surrounding her, she almost hated him, and didn't know exactly why. She looked again at the items in her hand, she would have thrown them away, but then she got that letter. A letter that had been in the 'dead mail' for so long addressed to a Drakard Black Hawk, and sent to their apartment. Who was he and did he have anything to do with her husband? To find her answers, she would have to move to another city, change her name and stay hidden from a man that was so nasty that the devil would hide and run away. She will race against time to get her answers, but when she gets them, will she be able to live with what she finds out? Come join her and experience all the drama and feel the "sting" of a "Betrayal of Trust." Happy Reading.