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

They were pointing and talking, but he was too intent on Tatanka to pay attention. 


A young boy came forward and took his horse. Lee stood for a moment undecided. Then love took over and he boldly pushed the tent flap aside and entered the tipi. As he did, Tatanka let out a roar of pain as the shaman extracted the arrow from his back. 


Lee started forward to be at Tatanka’s side. The women attending to the shaman’s needs stepped forward and stopped him. Tatanka’s mother looked over her shoulder and saw Lee. She motioned him forward. 


“Niya wicaste koda, Tatanka i?ya?ke?”


“Hau, wicaste koda, Tatanka i?ya?ke.” “Yes, I am his man friend.”


“Ohkiyakayapi k’u waniya ehaaki, Tatanka i?ya?ke.”


Lee didn’t know what to say when he heard her declaration that he had saved Tanka’s life. In a way he had, but in reality the buffalo just flowed around them. He hadn’t done that much. It had been like magic. Now he just stared at his boots.


Chapter 9