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Native American Mysteries
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Garden Room
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Most Native American mysteries combine a number of elements found in historical mysteries: exquisite sense of place, detailed investigation that includes myths, legends, and superstitions, and character-driven writing that defines cultural and religious structures and beliefs. The detective's gender, race, and ethnicity play a major role in how the detective relates to the crime to be solved, as well as the world in general. - Leane Ellis, Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
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| AUTHOR |
CHARACTER |
TITLE | PUB DATE |
| Bean, Greg |
Harry Starbranch | Sioux |
No Comfort in Victory (1995)
Long Shadows in Victory (1996)
A Death in Victory (1997)
Grave Victory (1998) |
| Bissell, Sallie |
Mary Crow | Cherokee |
In the Forest of Harm (2001)
A Darker Justice (2002)
Call the Devil by His Oldest Name (2004)
Legacy of Masks (2005) |
| Bowen, Peter |
Gabriel Du Pre | Metis |
Coyote Wind (1994)
Specimen Song (1995)
Wolf, No Wolf (1996)
Notches (1997)
Thunder Horse (1998)
Long Son (1999)
The Stick Game (2000)
Cruzatte and Maria (2001)
Ash Child(2002)
Badlands (2003)
The Tumbler (2004)
Stewball (2005)
Nails(2006) |
| Coel, Margaret |
Vicky Holden | Arapaho |
The Eagle Catcher (1995)
The Ghost Walker (1996)
The Dream Stalker (1997)
The Story Teller (1998)
The Lost Bird (1999)
The Spirit Woman (2000)
The Thunder Keeper (2001)
The Shadow Dancer (2002)
Killing Raven (2003)
Wife of Moon (2004)
Eye of the Wolf (2005)
The Drowning Man (2006)
The Girl with Braided Hair (2007) |
| Cole, David |
Laura Winslow |
Butterfly Lost (1999) Not Available.
The Killing Maze (2001) Not Available.
Stalking Moon (2002)
Scorpion Rain (2002) Not Available.
Drabonfly Bones (2003)
Shadow Play (2004) Not Available.
Falling Down (2005) |
| Doss, James D. |
Charlie Moon | Ute |
The Shaman Sings (1994)
The Shaman Laughs (1995)
The Shaman Bones (1997)
The Shaman's Game (1998)
The Night Visitor (1999)
Grandmother Spider (2001)
White Shell Woman (2002)
Dead Soul (2003)
The Witch's Tongue (2004)
Shadow Man (2005)
Stone Butterfly (2006) |
| Gear, Kathleen O'Neal |
Dr. Maureen Cole | Anasazi |
The Visitant (1999)
The Summoning God (2000)
Bone Walker (2001) |
| Goodweather, Harley |
Thumps DreadfulWater | Cherokee |
DreadfulWater Shows Up (2003) |
| Hager, Jean |
Chief Mitchell Bushyhead | Cherokee
Molly Bearpaw | Cherokee
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The Grandfather Medicine (1989)
Night Walker (1990)
Ghostland (1992)
The Fire Carrier (1996)
Masked Dancers (1998)
Ravenmocker (1992)
The Redbird's Cry (1994)
Seven Black Stones (1995)
The Spirit Caller (1998)
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| Hillerman, Tony |
Joe Leephorn & Jim Chee Navajo |
The Blessing Way (1970)
Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
Listening Woman (1978)
People of Darkness (1980)
The Dark Wind (1982)
The Ghostway (1984)
Skinwalker (1986)
A Thief of Time (1988)
Talking God (1989)
Coyote Waits (1990)
Sacred Clowns (1993)
The Fallen Man (1996)
The First Eagle (1998)
Hunting Badger (1999)
The Wailing Wind (2002)
The Sinister Pig (2003)
Skeleton Man (2004)
The Shape Shifter (2006) |
| Hoklotubbe, Sara Sue |
Sadie Walela | Cherokee |
Deception on all Accounts (2003) |
| Johnson, Wayne |
Paul Two Persons | Objibwa |
Don't Think Twice (1999)
Six Crooked Highways (2000) |
| Lackey, Mercedes |
Jennifer Talldeer | Osage |
Sacred Ground (1994) |
| Medawar, Mardi Oakley |
Tay-bodal | Kiowa
Karen Charboneau | Ojibwa
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Death at Rainy Mountain (1996)
Witch of Palo Duro (1997)
Murder at Medicine Lodge (1999)
The Ft. Larned Incident (2000)
Murder on the Red Cliff Rez (2002)
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| Mitchell, Kirk |
Emmett Quanah Parker & Anna Turnipseed | Comanche |
Cry Dance (1999)
Spirit Sickness (2000)
Ancient Ones (2001)
Sky Woman Falling (2003)
Dance of the Thunder (2004) |
| Perry, Thomas |
Jane Whitefield | Seneca |
Vanishing Act (1995)
Dance for the Dead (1996)
Shadow Woman (1998)
The Face Changers (1999)
Blood Money (2000) |
| Slater, Susan |
Ben Pecos | New Mexico |
The Pumpkin Seed Massacre (1999)
Yellow Lies - Not Available.
Thunderbird (2002) |
| Thurlo, Aimee & David |
Ella Clah | Navajo |
Blackening Song (1995)
Death Walker (1996)
Bad Medicine (1997)
Enemy Way (1998)
Shooting Chant (2000)
Red Mesa (2001)
Changing Woman (2002)
Tracking Bear (2003)
Plant Them Deep (2003)
Wind Spirit (2004)
White Thunder (2005)
Mourning Dove (2006)
Turquoise Girl (2007)
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| Tooley, S.D. |
Samantha Casey | Sioux |
When the Dead Speak (1999)
Nothing Else Matters (2000)
Restless Spirit (2002) |
| Webb, Betty |
Lena Jones & Jimmy Sisiwan |Pima |
Desert Noir (2001)
Desert Wives (2002)
Desert Deceit (novella) Not Available.
Desert Shadows (2004) |
| Westbrook, Robert |
Howard Moon Deer | Lakota |
Ghost Dancer (1998)
Warrior Circle (1999)
Red Moon (2000) Not Available.
Ancient Enemy (2001) Not Available. |
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