As is the custom, Windsong, a young Native-American princess and widow, is to marry a man from her totem. Her husband must be capable of teaching her infant son, Sky Warrior, how to one day be chief. For love, Etienne, a former voyageur of French-Canadian heritage, strives to learn the ways of Windsong's people. But he knows--and they know--he can never be one of them. Is the love that flows between two hearts strong enough to rise above the call of tradition and make a new way?