Keanu Whiteriver grows up as an Assiniboin Indian on a reservation in Montana. He and his mother experience discrimination, but try to overcome it. Keanu is smart, active, a good student and a talented jazz musician. After high school and college in Havre, he gets a scholarship at Tulane University in New Orleans. Later, he becomes a lawyer in his home State and a legal adviser to the American Indian Movement.

Keanu Whiteriver grows up as an Assiniboin Indian on a reservation in Montana. He and his mother experience discrimination, but try to overcome it. Keanu is smart, active, a good student and a talented jazz musician. After high school and college in Havre, he gets a scholarship at Tulane University in New Orleans. Later, he becomes a lawyer in his home State and a legal adviser to the American Indian Movement.