Lee Masters, a handsome young cowboy, is fired from his cattle drive when his sexual orientation is discovered. Frustrated and angry, he rides to a mountain lake where he meets a Dakota native named Tatanka, who is also exiled from his tribe for refusing to adhere to tribal custom for braves who prefer men to women. They strike up a friendship, which readily turns to love. Their family is completed when a young Indian, Sleeps With Dogs, insists they take him with them on their search for a home.<br><br>Their quest to find acceptance in either the white man's world or the native population is a difficult journey. Can two men who love each other find a place in the harsh reality of the western wilderness, or will they always be walking in two worlds?

Walking in Two Worlds

“Don’t much matter. You can say it either way.”


“No,” Lee smiled at his friend. “No, we gotta decide what we’re gonna do for winter?”


Tatanka shrugged and turned away and walked to the lakeshore. 


Lee followed him. “It’ll be real cold. We got no proper winter clothes and no real shelter.”


Tatanka turned to him and fingered the fringe on the new deerskin. 


“Now, don’t get me wrong. This here’s great for now. But man it gets really cold.”


“We build tipi. Get robes. Make fuck.” Tatanka put his arm around Lee and smiled. “That make plenty warm.”


“Yeah, I know,” Lee took Tatanka in his arms, “But not warm enough. Tanka to build a tipi and get robes we need us a buffalo or two.”


Tatanka brightened. “We hunt. You got gun. We do it.”


Lee was not convinced. “What do your people do?”


Tatanka pulled away and walked farther toward the shoreline. 


Chapter 7