Winter Counts, Weiden - B

     This is a pretty amazing book, written by a Denver lawyer and professor, who happens to be a full-blooded member of the Lakota Nation (they do not use the word Sioux). It is a mystery and features a young man who is a private vigilante. The occupation exists on the reservations because the US has jurisdiction over all felonies on reservations, but it traditionally ignores all personal violence/sex crimes. Virgil's nephew is framed for possession of drugs, and through his story we learn about the lack of heat, starvation, suicide, corruption  and health issues on the rez.