On the reservation, conditions resemble a civil war. The elected chief of the tribe turns out to be a killer chief, ruthlessly pursuing his own interests and those of the Indian agency; anyone who opposes him risks being murdered. However, the resistance cannot be stifled even with blood. An open uprising ensues. In the midst of the events stands a Native American girl who grew up in the slums of Chicago and came to the reservation with her brother Ray: Ite-ska-wih, bright face. The concluding volume of the pentology "The Blood of the Eagle" is an authentic depiction of the Wounded Knee uprising in 1973 and its aftermath.