Elkstalker, Debbie

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Debbie Elkstalker is as close as it is now possible to get to being a full-blood Shakahatchie Indian;^SQ30 and a tribal shaman.^BB36

Debbie is described as "chubby but with a pretty, exotic face, a gift of gab and a wry sense of humor."^AC1

Career

She spent time as a waitress at the Spearfish Lake Cafe, living with her boyfriend Kenny and trying to get some college credit, when she was recruited by Mike McMahon to apply for a job at the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald. Although there is the Three Pines reservation nearby, she lives in the mobile home park.

Debbie is employed as the Assistant Ad Manager at the Record-Herald at the time of Andromeda Chained. She is specifically thanked by Wendy Carter for her help in Wendy's writing at the end of that book. She is still employed at the newspaper in October 2001, although her position is not mentioned.^BB36 By 2009, she was the Advertising Manager.^SQ51

Personal

Debbie is a major character in Square One, and at the end marries Danny Evachevski (a very distant cousin) and together have two children. One was in kindergarten, one in first grade in 2009.^SQ51