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white adopted daughter of the tribe's medicine man Kicking Bird, who is ritually
mutilating herself while mourning for her husband. Dunbar brings her back to the Sioux to
recover, and some of the tribe begin to respect him.

Eventually, Dunbar establishes a rapport with Kicking Bird, the warrior Wind In His Hair and
the youth Smiles A Lot, initially visiting each other's camps. The language barrier frustrates
them, and Stands With A Fist acts as an interpreter, although with difficulty. She only remem-
bers English from her early childhood before the rest of her family was killed during a Pawnee
raid.

Dunbar discovers that the stories he had heard about the tribe were untrue, and he
develops a growing respect and appreciation for their lifestyle and culture. Learning their lan-
guage, he is accepted as an honored guest by the Sioux after he tells them of a
migrating herd of buffalo and participates in the hunt. When at Fort Sedgewick, Dunbar also
befriends a wolf he dubs Two Socks for its white forepaws. Observing Dunbar and Two Socks
chasing each other, the Sioux give him the name "Dances With Wolves."
During this time, Dunbar also forges a romantic relationship with Stands With A Fist and
helps defend the village from an attack by the rival Pawnee tribe. Dunbar eventually wins
Kicking Bird's approval to marry Stands With A Fist and abandons Fort Sedgewick.

Because of the growing Pawnee and White threat, Chief Ten Bears decides to move the tribe
to its winter camp. Dunbar decides to accompany them but must first retrieve his
diary from Fort Sedgewick as he realizes that it would provide the army with the means to
find the tribe. When he arrives he finds the fort reoccupied by the U.S. Army. Because of his
Sioux clothing, the soldiers open fire, killing Cisco and capturing Dunbar, arresting him as a
traitor.
Two officers interrogate him, but Dunbar cannot prove his story, as a corporal has found his
diary and kept it for himself. Having refused to serve as an interpreter to the tribes, Dunbar is
charged with desertion and transported back east as a prisoner. Soldiers of the escort shoot
Two Socks when the wolf attempts to follow Dunbar, despite Dunbar's
attempts to intervene.
Eventually, the Sioux track the convoy, killing the soldiers and freeing Dunbar. They
assert that they do not see him as a white man, but as a Sioux warrior called Dances With
Wolves. At the winter camp, Dunbar decides to leave with Stands With A Fist because his
continuing presence would endanger the tribe. As they leave, Smiles A Lot returns the
diary, which he recovered during Dunbar's liberation, and Wind In His Hair shouts to Dunbar,
reminding him that he is Dunbar's friend, a contrast to their original meeting where he shouted
at Dunbar in hostility.

U.S. troops are seen searching the mountains, but are unable to locate them, while a lone wolf
howls in the distance.