Oscar Howe was a Native American master artist born in South Dakota. Although he grew up in poverty on a reservation, he was taught the rich traditions of his Dakota heritage. When he was a young boy, he had a strong desire to draw. Hid father thought art was "nonsense" and tried to discourage him. After Oscar's mother died, he lived with his grandmother, who told him wonderful stories about his Dakota traditions. These stories became lifelong themes...

"Examines the life and work of Oscar Howe, a twentieth-century Yanktonai Dakota artist who grounded his modernist style in his Native American culture and traditions"--