NYT Notable Books 2020 - Nonfiction

 

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1. Yellow Bird: oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country

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Murdoch, Sierra Crane
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Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
364.1523/MUR
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"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...