This is the story of the life an Ute family, and in particular the way of their people. The story starts off with the father of the family, George Black Bull running for his life from the sheriff and Blue Elk, one of the old Ute men. He had shot a man named Frank No Deer, he had killed him for stealing his money three times that he owed to a sawmill in Pagosa where …showed first 75 words of 763 total…

…showed last 75 words of 763 total…his money is still there, and of course it's gone. The author wouldn't have written him checking his pocket in the first place, if the money wasn't going to have been stolen. I think that this book sort of relates to what has happened at Ipperwash and the problems there. Even though it does not really have a direct link, just because it's involving problems with native people and their culture, it is somewhat similar.