A former Union soldier is assigned to an abandoned fort within Sioux Indian territory. He learns to love and respect his Native American neighbors and chooses to share in their hardships.
Presents Luther Standing Bear's account of his life and education as a member of the Western Sioux tribe in modern-day North and South Dakota in the last days of the Sioux nation in the late nineteenth century.
When a Siksika boy living on the Plains during the 1770s becomes separated from a raiding party, he discovers the legendary spirit horse which he attempts to track down and tame.
Peque?o Topo follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.
