Marcie R. Rendon

1 month ago | bismarcktribune.com | Marcie R. Rendon |Connie Briscoe |Clare Hall |Joshua Hammer

Is it getting sleuthy in here? There are a lot of mysteries hitting shelves. There’s also the return of two fictional women we’d all like to have on our side if we were in the vicinity of a murder: Minnesota’s Cash Blackbear and San Francisco’s Vera Wong. As these five much-anticipated titles reveal, this also seems to be a good time for taking new looks at classic tales of twisted romance. ‘Broken Fields’By Marcie R.

Oct 21, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Louise Erdrich |Louise Penny |Marcie R. Rendon |Yuri Herrera

The Mighty Red, by Louise ErdrichFrom the masterful Louise Erdrich comes the story of a North Dakota farming community whipsawed by crises. At the book’s center is Kismet, a high school graduate who gets pulled into a questionable marriage, and her truck-driving, devoted mother. The tale’s many threads pull together into a rewarding portrait of renewal and honesty.

Sep 16, 2024 | crimereads.com | Marcie R. Rendon

Two ideas exist simultaneously. 1) A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. (Cheyenne); and 2) There is, and has been, a target on Native women’s backs for the past 500 years. Both are true in Indian country. For women in the western world this target dates to the Dark Ages in Europe, starting in 1222, when women were burned at the stake for being witches.

Sep 11, 2024 | sacbee.com | Marcie R. Rendon

For at least a decade, missing and murdered Indigenous women have gathered attention from officials and media. But Marcie R. Rendon's "Where They Last Saw Her" argues the issue goes all the way back to the beginning of our country. "Our women have been targeted since non-Native people got here. We have been 'disappearing,' we have been victims, but there's this whole mentality in the larger country that we no longer exist," said Rendon, an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation.

Aug 28, 2024 | startribune.com | Chris Hewitt |Marcie R. Rendon

For at least a decade, missing and murdered Indigenous women have gathered attention from officials and media. But Marcie R. Rendon’s “Where They Last Saw Her” argues the issue goes all the way back to the beginning of our country. “Our women have been targeted since non-Native people got here. We have been ‘disappearing,’ we have been victims, but there’s this whole mentality in the larger country that we no longer exist,” said Rendon, an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation.