Tony Hillerman has Longhorn and Chee  and James Doss has the Charlie Moon series. Have just ordered  a Molly Bearpaw  mystery by Jean Hager which looks promising. Found this by reading the posted reviews on  pbs.  Wondering what other Native American Detective series are out there.
 

I know of one, but details escape me...The author's last name is Thurlow, and she writes about a southwestern NA tribe(s), with a female tribal police detective named "Ella" as the main character. There are 6-7 books of them, at least.

And for something unusual, I just read the first of a series that deals with far-north Alaska tribes, I think most often called Innuit altho the book says that's not quite right (eskimo, in non-pc years past). Another cop as main protagonist. The one I read is called "Shaman Pass;"  the author is Stan Jones. I really enjoyed it, largely because the arctic setting is so different, and he writes about it so well; very comparable to Hillerman.

 The NYTimes just very favorably reviewed his newest of the series.

To correct and add to above:

The authorS are Aimee and David Thurlo (no w), and the series seems to be called the Ella Clah series......a couple of titles are "Coyote's Wife" and "Blackening Song."

I like these a lot because they delve into (but not enough, IMHO) spritual and mystical beliefs of those tribes. Modern-day shamen play big roles.

Thanks, I put Shaman Pass on the wish list but will probably go searching for a copy. 11 are ahead of me. Will search the Thurlo's also.

Margaret Coel has a series Wind River, which starts with the book  The Eagle Catcher.   There are 14 books in the series so far.  Many have compared her to Hillerman.

I have been getting most of these books at the library because the lists here are so long.

But that gets tricky when you're trying to read a series in order....!

Thanks. Entered Margaret Coel in search and discovered a series with a Father Omally and Arapho Attorney Vicky Holden.  Looks like quite a few . Was able to order one to see .  Also ordered Aimee and David Thurlo book on the Ella Clah series.  Adding Stan Jones to my list for the Nathan Active mysteries . These all look like gems. Wonder how I missed these at the book store?

I very rarely find books at the bookstore, unless they are best-sellers, which I don't read a lot of. The book marketing business would be very discouraging it more people realilzed how brutal it is, and what it takes to get a book placed. And the arctic series above is a small publisher, who probably ca';t afford to pay the fees the bookstores charge.

One good way to find books like this (for me) is to use Amazon's tool, something like "if you liked X book, then you'll probably like these other books (named) as well."

But it seems I most often just stumble on them at the library, or from reading reviews and sites like this.

There are the Kate Shugak books by Dana Stabenow (Aleut), and the Jane Whitefield novels by Thomas Perry - from western NY, although I've forgotten her tribe.  The Jane Whitefield books aren't precisely detective novels as much as they are mystery/adventure.

Thanks. Was able to locate the first of the Jane Whitefield novels by Thomas Perry and ordered a Kate Shugak novel from pbs. Also stumbled onto a website www.mysteryfile.com listing over 70 authors featuring Native American Detectives published from 1933 to 2004.  This has been a real eye opener. Never realized there were so may Native American mysteries.