these essays point to the possibility of actual and positive change in a world where Native women are systematically undervalued

the authors follow the intertwining paths of two families to offer a riveting

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and the ancient spirituality and creativity of Erdrich's native homeland—a long

Broken Fields (A Cash Blackbear Mystery) Tłı̨chǫ these essays point to theCash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman and occasional sleuth, is back on the case after a man is found dead on a rural Minnesota farm in the next installment of the acclaimed Native crime series. Minnesota, 1970s: It's spring in the Red River Valley and Cash Blackbear is doing fieldwork for a local farmer until she finds him dead on the kitchen floor of the property's rented farmhouse. The tenant, a Native field laborer, and his wife are nowhere to be