Xenia O'Donnell is a Caucasian art teacher working inside a Pacific Northwest tribal school. Dubbed Crazy White Bird by her students, she has dreamwalked through the school year, barely able to function after the suspicious death of her fianc . Enter Pink Flamingo, a goth-inspired Pow Wow dancer, complete with black Regalia adorned with glow-in-the-dark skulls.
Xenia admires the teen's creativity, though she knows defiance of tradition results in consequences. And when her Navajo or Dine' best friend suspects her of murder, Ms. O reluctantly employs the help of Junior Class President Treaty Raven, who is also considered a suspect. Together, these two unlikely sleuths ferret out a murderer in a community where there are too many dead, too soon.