The Tree People

Description:

**Referring to her people's ancient lore and rituals in order to track down a vicious killer, Jordan Tidewater, the first female sheriff of the Salish Reservation, finds a clue in an ancient, cut-down cedar tree.** ''Stokes' voice takes on a hypnotic hush for the Indian legends, and there are wings to her lyric descriptions of the majestic setting.''***--The New York Times Book Review***

subjects: Naomi M. Stokes,  Adult,  American,  Fiction,  Fantasy,  Coast Salish Native American,  Cultures,  Literature,  Olympic Peninsula,  Shamans,  Washington witches,  Contemporary,  Detective,  Mystery,  Thriller,  Suspense,  Salishan Indians,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Tidewater, jordan (fictitious character), fiction

People: Wolfgang G. Jilek,  James G. Swan,  American,  Coast Salish Native Americans,  Northwest Coast Native Americans,  Washington withches,  Shamans

Places: Olympic Peninsula,  Pacific Coast,  Olympia,  Quilcute,  Quinalt Indian Reservation,  Port Angeles,  Columbia River,  Olympic National Park,  Pacific Ocean,  Washington,  Oregon,  Portland,  Victioria (BC),  Vancouver Island (Canada),  Galapagos Islands,  Vienna,  Innsbruck,  Munich,  Chicago,  New York (State),  San Francisco,  United Nations,  Mount Cook National Park (New Zealand),  Chartres Cathedral,  Taj Mahal,  the Egytian Pyramids

Times: 1490 A.D. / 1996