Basic plot line.
Jerry ElliotT High Eagle is born in Oklahoma - the place where the remnant of his people were left at the end of the Trail of Tears.
He suffers prejudice and disrespecT as he journeys towards his destiny
- a vision God has given him -
that he will help man land on the moon.
As the first rocket scientist of Native American heritage ever hired at NASA, he fulfills his destiny
(even receiving a Presidential Medal of Freedom for helping save the Apollo 13 crew from disaster)
before going on to reopen the eyes of White America to the existence of First Nation people -
by writing the legislation for Native American Awareness Week,
which we celebrate to this day.