Ten-year-oldFourWindsisayoungLakotagirlcaughtupinthechangesbroughtaboutbyherpeople’sforcedmovetothereservation.SetintheDakotaTerritory,itistheyear1880.FourWindshasbeentakenawayfromherfamilyandbroughttoaboardingschoolrunbywhites.ItisheresheistaughtEnglishandlearnshowtoassimilateintowhiteculture.Butsoonshediscoversthattheteachersatthisschoolarenotinterestedinassimilationbutratherinerasingherculture.Onthereservation,FourWindshadtofightagainststarvation.Nowshemustfighttoholdontowhosheis.
