What is the main conflict in Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by Richard Erdoes?

One key ingredient in this work is the historically accurate and shameful manner in which the Indian has been treated. While many other works with this theme exist, the injustices are thoroughly personalized when they are described through the eyes of a victim, as they are in this work. That Lame Deer can describe these injustices and lament their occurrence, moreover, and remain a peaceful man, not the angry, rebellious, revolutionary that many would be under similar circumstances is perhaps testament to his way of life.