The Sundance is the largest and most important ceremony in the Lakota spiritual tradition, the one that ensures the life of the people for another year. In 1988 Michael Hull was extended an invitation to join in a Sun Dance by Lakota elder Chief Leonard Crow Dog- a controversial action because Hull is white. This was the beginning of a spiritual journey that increasingly interwove the life of Michael Hull with the people, process, and elements of Lakota spirituality. On his journey on the Red Road, Michael confronted firsthand the trasformational power of Lakota Spiritual practice and the deep ambivalence many Indians have about opening their ceremonies to whites.

Sun Dancing presents a profound look at the elements of traditonal Lakota ceremonial practice and the ways in which ceremony is regarded as life-giving by the Lakota. Through his commitment to following the Red Road, Michael gradually won acceptance in a community that has rejected others attempts by white America to absorb its spirtual practices, leading to the extraordinary step of his confirmation as a Sun Dance Chief by Leonard Crow Dog and other Lakota spiritual leaders.

Michael Hull , the first white man to be given a Sun Dance bundle and recognized as a Sun Dance Chief by traditional Lakota elders, has led Sun Dances in Texas since 1998. He works as a lawyer in Austin, Texas.