Firekeeper’s Daughter

Daunis takes the elder’s advice about the mushrooms on Duck Island and begins exploring the island methodically, looking for the mushrooms that might crack the code of the “super meth.” Daunis thinks of her Uncle David’s words and the scientific knowledge that he passed down to her while looking for the mushroom that hasn’t been catalogued: “Daunis, we don’t prove a hypothesis is true; we search for evidence to disprove a null hypothesis. Uncle David’s voice is as clear as if he is walking behind me” (189). Daunis sees a raven and remembers the raven’s place in the creation story as being gifted as a helper. When Daunis approaches the raven and asks what it will help her with, she sees Heather Nodin’s body lying on the shore. 

Daunis drives straight to Teddie’s, where Teddie is able to get the police to meet them at Duck Island. After Daunis leads law enforcement to where Heather’s body is, TJ questions why she was on the island at all. Daunis has a moment of panic as she remembers that she hasn’t even reached out to Ron or Jamie. Daunis hopes that Heather’s death has nothing to do with the investigation but then recalls Heather’s offer of drugs to her around the bonfire and thinks otherwise.