The Resource Yellow Bird : oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country, Sierra Crane Murdoch
Yellow Bird : oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country, Sierra Crane Murdoch
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- Summary
- "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 no one but his mother was actively looking for him. Unfolding like a gritty mystery, 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 oil workers, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit becomes an effort at redemption -- an atonement for her own crimes and a reckoning with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is both 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. Ultimately, it is a deep examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 379 pages
- Contents
-
- Sarah
- Search
- Gunman
- Confessions
- Us against the world
- Badlands
- Body
- Shauna
- What they say we loved
- Brightest Yellow Bird
- Missing
- Oil kings
- Great mystery
- What good is money if you end up in hell
- Flyer
- Church
- What she broke
- Isbn
- 9780399589157
- Label
- Yellow Bird : oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country
- Title
- Yellow Bird
- Title remainder
- oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country
- Statement of responsibility
- Sierra Crane Murdoch
- Subject
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- Crime
- Criminal investigation -- United States -- Citizen participation
- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Social conditions
- Indigenous peoples of North America
- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Native Ameican Territory
- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Native American Territory
- Missing persons -- Investigation -- North Dakota | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
- Clarke, Kristopher
- Native Americans
- Oil industry workers -- North Dakota | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota
- True crime stories
- Yellow Bird, Lissa
- Murder -- North Dakota | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 no one but his mother was actively looking for him. Unfolding like a gritty mystery, 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 oil workers, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit becomes an effort at redemption -- an atonement for her own crimes and a reckoning with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is both 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. Ultimately, it is a deep examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing"--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Murdoch, Sierra Crane
- Dewey number
- 364.152/3092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6762.U5
- LC item number
- M78 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Yellow Bird, Lissa
- Clarke, Kristopher
- Missing persons
- Murder
- Criminal investigation
- Oil industry workers
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota
- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.)
- Indigenous peoples of North America
- Indigenous peoples of North America
- Native Americans
- Label
- Yellow Bird : oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country, Sierra Crane Murdoch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-375)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Sarah
- Search
- Gunman
- Confessions
- Us against the world
- Badlands
- Body
- Shauna
- What they say we loved
- Brightest Yellow Bird
- Missing
- Oil kings
- Great mystery
- What good is money if you end up in hell
- Flyer
- Church
- What she broke
- Control code
- on1102796143
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 379 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399589157
- Lccn
- 2019022833
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1102796143
- Label
- Yellow Bird : oil, murder, and a woman's search for justice in Indian country, Sierra Crane Murdoch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-375)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Sarah
- Search
- Gunman
- Confessions
- Us against the world
- Badlands
- Body
- Shauna
- What they say we loved
- Brightest Yellow Bird
- Missing
- Oil kings
- Great mystery
- What good is money if you end up in hell
- Flyer
- Church
- What she broke
- Control code
- on1102796143
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 379 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399589157
- Lccn
- 2019022833
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1102796143
Subject
- Crime
- Criminal investigation -- United States -- Citizen participation
- Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) -- Social conditions
- Indigenous peoples of North America
- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Native Ameican Territory
- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Native American Territory
- Missing persons -- Investigation -- North Dakota | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
- Clarke, Kristopher
- Native Americans
- Oil industry workers -- North Dakota | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota
- True crime stories
- Yellow Bird, Lissa
- Murder -- North Dakota | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
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