Introduction: Native Americans and mystery writing
Oil, wealth, greed, and murder: Mean Spirit, The Osage Rose, and the Osage Oil Murders
Violence against Native American women: examining justice in Elsie's Business and The Round House
Crimes of the past are crimes of the present: the Ohlone, the California mission system, and the Santa Cruz killers in Louis Owen's Bone Game
Adaptations of justice: Chris Eyre's reimagining of Tony Hillerman
Restoring the balance: Native American female authors, detectives, and series...so far
Conclusion: Writing for justice: Native American detective fiction and strenghtened tibal sovereignty.