Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

The true crime story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it--an urgent, page-turning work of literary journalism and social criticism.

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, Crane Murdoch has produced a deep examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing.
Country USA
Brand Random House
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2020-02-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399589157

Country	USA
Brand	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2020-02-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399589157

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

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