Several sacred artifacts have gone missing from the Minnesota Red Earth
Reservation and the suspect list is continuously growing. While it could
be the racists from the bordering town, or a young man struggling with
problems at home, or the county coroner and his cronies, the need for
answers and apprehending the culprit is amplified when Jed Morriseau,
the Tribal Chairman, is murdered.
Investigating these mysterious occurrences because of tribal traditions
and the honor of her family, Renee LaRoche works to track down the
people responsible. But can she maintain her intense investigation as
well as her new relationship with Samantha Salisbury, the visiting
women's studies professor at the white college nearby? Renee is caught
between the traditions of her tribe and efforts to help her chimook
lover accept their cultural differences.