As war overtakes the frontier, Emma’s family farmstead is attacked by
Dakota-Sioux warriors; on that same prairie, Oenikika desperately tries
to hold on to her calling as a healer and follow the orders of her
father, Chief Little Crow. When the war is over and revenge-fueled war
trials begin, each young woman is faced with an impossible choice. In a
swiftly changing world, both Emma and Oenikika must look deep within and
fight for the truth of their convictions—even as horror and injustice
unfolds all around them.
Inspired by the true story of the thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men hanged
in Minnesota in 1862—the largest mass execution in US history—
Dovetails in Tall Grass
is a powerful tale of two young women connected by the fate of one man.