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• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  "Does a great job of teaching about Ojibwe culture without making it feel like a school lesson. The mystery is very engaging and makes it impossible to stop turning pages!" - Matt B.

• Murder on the Red River

  Rendon, Marcie R.

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  This murder mystery reaches across cultures, examining a rural community traumatized by racism, genocide and oppression. Renee “Cash” Blackbear is 19 years old and tough as nails. She lives in Fargo, North Dakota, where she drives truck for local…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Last Secret

  a Mystery

  Rodriguez, Linda

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  "Every Last Secret" by Linda Rodriguez is probably the lightest read of the list. Marquitta "Skeet" Bannion is a compelling, winsome heroine in this mystery that blends the academic and small-town worlds (but just outside big, bad Kansas City) with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Round House

  a Novel

  Erdrich, Louise

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  "The Round House" is about the adolescent experience of living on a reservation, while exploring the legal ambiguities surrounding Native American laws at this time. "A story that travels through generations, this coming-of-age novel is filled with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Bright River

  a Novel

  Moore, Liz, 1983-

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  In "Long Bright River", our protagonist Mickey Fitzpatrick is a single mother and an officer for the Philadelphia PD, tasked with patrolling Kensington, a neighborhood devastated by opioid addiction. The strong love for the neighborhood shines…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Removed

  A Novel

  Hobson, Brandon

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  A multilayered, emotionally radiant novel featuring the Echota family 15 years after the death of teenage son Ray-Ray, killed by a gun-ready police officer in an incident at the mall. Drawing deeply on Cherokee folklore, "The Removed" is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mystic River

  Lehane, Dennis

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  "Mystic River" is emotionally wrenching crime drama about the effects of a savage killing on a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood. Although this is more of a noir thriller, you'll still find the atmospheric, character forward plot that is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where They Last Saw Her

  a Novel

  Rendon, Marcie R.,

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  "Where They Last Saw Her" is a powerful story about Quill, wife and mother on the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota who- after hearing the sound of a woman's terrified scream while on a run- is determined to investigate the disappearances of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dry

  [a Novel]

  Harper, Jane (Jane Elizabeth),

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  Another character-forward thriller with a deep sense of place, follow as Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns home for the funeral of a childhood friend. A hesitant Falk stays in town at the request of the victim's parents to investigate the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Town Sleeps

  a Novel

  Staples, Dennis E.,

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  This debut novel takes place on an Ojibwe reservation in northern Minnesota, where two men- Marion and Shannon- enter into a love affair. While Marion is openly gay, Shannon remains closeted and uncomfortable with the relationship. One night during…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Watchman

  a Novel

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  "An intimate look into life on Native American reservations. Great character development, and gripping plot." - Mindy R.

• Killers of the Flower Moon

  the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

  Grann, David,

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  Although this is technically a nonfiction, its telling of the true story of the Osage murders in 1920s Oklahoma is incredibly provocative, in which members of the wealthy Osage Nation were systematically killed for their oil rights. The book also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Blessing Way

  a Joe Leaphorn Mystery

  Hillerman, Tony

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  The Blessing Way, the first book in Tony Hillerman's Navajo Tribal Police series, is a mystery that blends modern police work with Navajo folklore and tradition.

• Winter Counts

  a Novel

  Weiden, David Heska Wanbli, 1963-

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