Shutter (Rita Todacheene #1)

Shutter (Rita Todacheene #1)Longlisted for the National Book Award. This blood chilling debut set in New Mexico's Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation. Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a

marvelously spun tale

demonstrate that the Ghost Dance's message resonated with Lakotas across artificial "progressive" and "nonprogressive" lines

and the fundamental question of what it means to be an American

activists and knowledge keepers who speak pointedly to what they are asking of non-Indigenous people

Understanding the processes and policies of urbanization and suburbanization in American Indian communities

" — Teresa Peterson

animate and inanimate alike

but even as Da' investigates these signifiers of measurement

ragtag chase across the American Southwest

showing that it really is funnier in Ojibwe

"listening" is a cardinal virtue

“Indian Casinos Make Them All Rich”