A good coming of age story. A young man leaves Chicago after the death of his mother, and heads for Dakota Territory to find his father's Dakota family. Just prior to the Little Big Horn in time, so a lot of unrest and lack of trust on both sides. John has a foot on each side, and can view things from both sides, even though he doesn't necessary agree with them. He meets up with his uncle, cousin, aunts, and so on, and learns to be traditional Sioux. He also has a trapper friend who he meets on the way, who is heading for the mountains of Montana. They remain good friends throughout, and even years later find solace with each other. Good story, that was hard to put down. Would recommend.

I think it's a good coming of age story, gripping and fascinating.
I liked the characters, the mix of historical facts and fiction and the characters.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I'm glad to read a book with a Native American lead, it was a wonderfully done coming of age story. The writing was really well done and I thoroughly enjoyed going on this journey.

I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. I enjoyed the authors writing style and the subject matter was fascinating highly recommend