Southern Native American

Take the Water to the Mountain explores the journey of a young woman who yearns for personal freedom while struggling to hold onto her strong familial bond and Native American heritage she has left behind. It tells the tale of Lily Brownwood,a young Native American from the Arapaho nation. Lily sets out on a personal quest of discovery which takes her from her native home in Oklahoma to the shores of South Texas. There she finds a new world of enlightenment that is full of unique, colorful, and quirky characters. All of which help guide her along the true path of self-purpose and the ...

In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier - a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming’s Powder River Valley to lead the US army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota.