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North Dakota, 1970s. Renee 'Cash' Blackbear, a nineteen-year-old Ojibwe woman, spends her days playing pool, drinking beer and driving truck for the local wheat farmers.
When the body of an Ojibwe man is found in a field just outside of town, Sheriff Wheaton - Cash's guardian and only friend - asks for her help. For Cash has an intuitive nature, and she knows that the answers lay on the Red Lake Reservation. But navigating local racial tensions brings its own dangers, and soon Cash isn't only searching for justice: she's fighting for her own life.
