Marcie R Rendon
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"Set in 1970s along Red River Valley, Marcie R. Rendon's gripping new mystery follows the life of a young Ojibwe woman as she struggles to come to terms with the callous murder of a Native American stranger, bringing to life the gritty, dark reality of a flawed foster care system and the oppression of indigenous people. Renee "Cash" Blackbear, a 19-year-old, tough-as-nails, resilient Ojibwe woman, has lived all her life in Fargo, sister city to Minnesota's...
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"In small-town Minnesota in the 1970s, it's the tail-end of the age of peace and love, but 19-year-old Cash Blackbear isn't feeling it. Bored by freshman English 101 and even less interested in the increasingly popular American Indian Movement, all she wants is to play pool, learn judo, chain-smoke, and be left alone. But then one of Cash's classmates vanishes without a trace, and Cash can't stop dreaming about terrified girls begging for help. Plus,...
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"A snowmelt has sent floodwaters down to the fields of the Red River Valley, dragging the body of an unidentified Native woman into the town of Ada. The only evidence the medical examiner recovers is a torn piece of paper inside her bra: a hymnal written in English and Ojibwe. Cash Blackbear, a 19-year-old Ojibwe woman, sometimes helps Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian, on his investigations. Now she knows her search for justice for this anonymous victim...
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2025.
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English
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"Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman, is back on the case after two men are found dead on a rural farm in Minnesota in the next installment of the acclaimed Native crime series. 1970s Minnesota. It's spring in the Red River Valley and Cash Blackbear is doing summer field work for Bud Borgerud, a local farmer-until she finds him dead on the kitchen floor of the property's rented farmhouse. The only possible witness to the murder is the young daughter...
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[2024]
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English
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Native American Heritage Month - Children
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People K-5 2025
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People K-5 2025
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"As she grows up, Tatiana, a young Ojibwe girl, celebrates the big events of her life by wearing the beautiful ribbon skirts she creates with her nookomis (grandmother), a tradition connecting her to generations of her family"-- Provided by publisher.
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2024.
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"Quill has lived on the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota her whole life. As she trains for the Boston Marathon early one morning out in the woods, she hears a scream. When she investigates, she finds tire tracks and a lone, beaded earring. When she realizes another woman has been stolen, she is determined to do something--and her first stop is the group of men working the pipeline construction just north of their homes. As Quill closes in on the...
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2023.
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"A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question: 'Are you ready to be un-settled?' Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief ranges far and wide and takes many forms; for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai'po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native...
