Rodney A. Grant

John Dunbar, a Union Lieutenant of the Civil War, requests a station on the vast sweep of the short grass plains in the Dakotas where he finds himself improbably befriending both a resident gray wolf and a Sioux tribe.

In this slice-of-life drama, the son of a strict doctor befriends a mechanic, a saloon owner, a bartender, and a barmaid during the summer of 1960.

A legendary warrior leads the last remaining free Indian tribe against U.S. Army forces intent on their subjugation.