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1863. Dansa, a 14-year-old Hopi boy, lives on the high mesas in Arizona. He has recently passed the tests for his initiation into manhood. Although the Hopi are farmers and people of peace, Dansa dreams of becoming a warrior. Above all, he wants a horse. With a horse, his warrior dreams of avenging his fathers death and protecting his people from Navajo raiders could become a reality.

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1863. Dansa, a 14-year-old Hopi boy, lives on the high mesas in Arizona. He has recently passed the tests for his initiation into manhood. Although the Hopi are farmers and people of peace, Dansa dreams of becoming a warrior. Above all, he wants a horse. With a horse, his warrior dreams of avenging his fathers death and protecting his people from Navajo raiders could become a reality.

Many Goats, a 14-year-old Navajo girl, and her mother are prisoners of Spanish slave traders. The slavers decide to leave them and their horse with the Hopi until they recover from the fever. After the death of the woman, and before the Spaniards return, Lansa volunteers to take Many Goats safely home to Canyon de Chelly. For payment, he wants the horse. Many Goats disagrees.

HAWK IN THE WIND is a multi-level novel. It is the story of the adventures of Lansa and Many Goats, her recapture by the Spaniards, his loss of the Navajo horse and his determination to find the horse again. It is the story of a Hopi boys experiences as a guide for Colonel Kit Carson and the US Army capturing Navajos in Canyon de Chelly. It is the story of a boy entering manhood.

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