FX’s “Reservation Dogs” is becoming a must-watch new comedy series focusing on a group of indigenous kids co-created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi. Still, it looks like Harjo is going to tackle something a little more serious with his next television project, “Yellow Bird.”

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Deadline reports that Paramount+ has secured the rights to a package deal after a bidding war that sees a series adaptation of the Sierra Crane Murdoch’s true crime novel “Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder & A Woman’s Search For Justice In Indian Country.” A murder takes place on a reservation in North Dakota and certainly has the vibes of something that could make for compelling television.

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