In 1879, Kanton, a 16 year old Apache Indian is sent to a school to educate the Indian to the white man’s way. Kanton has other ideas. When he escapes the walls of the school he gets involved in searching for the lost Apache gold mine in Arizona. Struggling with his own Indian pride, he ends up falling in love with a white woman. Knowing the difference in their culture, he believes he can never have her. Will differences of culture come between them, or will his heart give into love?