This TV adaptation of a section of the classic book about the treatment of Native Americans by the all conquering Europeans centres on the struggles of the Lakota Sioux. The narrative follows Dr Charles Eastman, a young, western-educated 'civilised' Amerindian, Sitting Bull, the proud emasculated chief who refuses to submit to US government policies designed to strip his people of their land, a 'liberal' white teacher and Senator Henry Dawes, one of the men responsible for government policy on Indian affairs/grabbing their land, amongst others. A TV portrayal of American history.