Nez Perce Reservation: A Fictional Narrative

“Whoever they belong to,” she continues, walking around the evidence, “it looks like they were facing someone. These smaller footprints appear to be facing the larger ones. Someone knows what happened here.” “Mm,” John replies, taking a drag. “Not far from the Nez Perce Reservation.” “Just like the others,” she agrees. “They're your people, right?” he asks, putting his cigarette out on the bottom of his boot. “Yeah,” she sighs, knowing where he was going with this. They are her people, and she hasn't been to see them in a long time. “We should send you up to question them,” he continues. “Relations with them are tentative at best when it comes to us pale faces.” She rolls her eyes as his poor choice of words. “I just don't want …show more content…

“Don't listen to him,” her mother says, taking her hand and leading her inside the small house, closing the door on him. “He'll come around, Awen, you'll see. Please, sit down. We have so much to get caught up on, and I just put dinner in the oven.” “I wish I could, Mom,” she says regretfully. She had expected such warmth from her mother. “I'm actually here for the police.” “Police?” her mother asks with a worried look on her face. “You're not in trouble, are you?” “Of course not.” She shakes her head. “I am a detective with the Washington Police.” “Oh my!” Her mother beams at her, pride evident in her eyes. “My daughter... thriving in a man's world.” Awenasa chuckles. “There's been a series of murders surrounding the village,” she continues. “They appear to be bear attacks, but this afternoon I found sets of footprints.” Her father walks in, catching the last half of her sentence. “So, the pale face cowards think the tribe is responsible,” he assumes, “and sends my daughter, a woman, to do their dirty work.” “No, Dad,” she says, turning to face him as she takes a seat. “The evidence I found, the footprints, lead in the direction of the reservation. No one thinks the tribe is responsible, but we think someone here may have some