Dusty White Eagle Feather Author:Barbara Hay Dusty White Eagle Feather is about Dusty Hamilton, a fifteen-year-old boy and his struggles with teenage life and racial differences in small-town America. The story is set in rural Oklahoma on the weekend of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Land Run - that time in American history when Native American lands were forcibly taken ... more »away from them and given to European settlers. A dispute between the Native Americans and the townspeople over the inscription on a newly erected statue causes tempers to flare up. Dusty finds himself witness to hatred and prejudice at its worst, and he is the one who is driving the getaway car. Through a series of dreams, a mystical white eagle comes to Dusty and takes him on an unforgettable journey into history when the Ponca tribe was forcibly moved from Nebraska to Oklahoma; a remarkable journey that causes Dusty to search inside himself for the answers to his own questions about honesty, courage, friendship and forgiveness. It is a journey that ultimately earns Dusty an honor reserved only for the most noble of character.« less