A prisoner for over twenty years, Peltier reflects on his childhood, his years with the American Indian Movement (AIM), the events at Oglala, and the infamous trial that followed.

Introduction / Chief Arvol Looking Horse -- A Prayer -- Preface / former Attorney General Ramsey Clark -- In My Own Voice -- Aboriginal Sin -- My Life Is a Prayer for My People -- The Heart of the World -- In the Shadowed Night -- The Knife of my Mind -- I Am Everyone --Who I Am -- An Eagle's Cry -- Growing Up Indian -- My Crime's Being an Indian -- Becoming Political -- That Day at Oglala: June 26, 1975 -- A Life in Hell -- Message to Humanity -- We Are Not Separate -- Forgiveness -- Difference -- The Message.