Jackson Hawk, 36, is the tribal lawyer and covering for his Uncle Frank on the council of the Northern Cheyenne. They all live on the Laughing Horse Reservation. Just 30 miles from Whitehorn, Montana. His marriage to Nancy ended four years ago.

Maggie Schaeffer, 27, is also a Native American but has lived all of her life in the white man's world. She does excellent research for Congressman William C. Baldwin in D.C.

Baldwin is being pressured by Jeremiah Kincaid to gain, the Whitehorn Cattleman's Association, the grazing rights once again from the Northern Cheyenne. Nasty pressure.
In the meantime Hawk asks his friend, Benny Gonzalas, in D.C. to find out what he can about Maggie, as he doesn't trust her boss, Baldwin. Baldwin must be up to something.

Then George Sweetwater, a rascally hunter, found what looked like human remains on the rez.
Mary Jo Kincaid, Dugan's wife volunteers to work with the children. What is she up to? She shows a morbid interest in the human remains.

Sara Lewis - the curator of the North American Museum in Whitehorn, holds classes for some of the younger kids. She befriends Maggie when she needs a place to stay.
Maggie and her white stepfather help get the kids computers to help them graduate. This upsets Hawk yet they still tumble into bed.
Maggie finally meets her grandmother, Annie and Aunt Rose. It takes Aunt Rose to reveal Maggie's mothers secret.

Would you believe Jeremiah Kincaid dies? And Maggie does bring down Baldwin.