Sleeping Child Lake

William Ryder's Montana journey into the world of a dying American Indian culture and the deeper reality he has sensed and been searching for. Sleeping Child Lake is the story of William Ryder, a young man at loose ends. Through a series of fateful coincidences he finds his way to northwestern Montana, where he enters the world of a dying American Indian culture. Friends Wes Blackdeer, Emma Little Bear, and finally aged Charles Two Hats initiate Ryder into the deeper reality he has sensed and half-knowingly searched for throughout his life. On Sleeping Child Lake's sacred waters, Ryder will discover love and loss, hope and despair, and, ultimately, a reason to continue.