As 1 in a series of 24 American Indian biographies written for youth at the secondary level, this book details the social and professional development of George Morrison, an internationally known American Indian artist, who was born in a small Chippewa community in Northern Minnesota (1919) and began teaching art and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota in 1970. Emphasizing the relationship between George Morrison's socioeconomic/sociocultural background and his artistic development, this book is divided into seven chapters titled as follows: (1) "The Chippewa People" (an historical account of Chippewa migrations with emphasis upon their early cultural orientations); (2) "A Northern Childhood" (details relative to George Morrison's immediate family and the hardships of Chippewa life in Chippewa City); (3) "Leaving Home" (George's boarding school experiences and his entrance into the Minneapolis School of Art); (4) "Decisions" (George's introduction to abstract painting and the scholarships awarded him for further study); (5) "The Making of an Artist" (New York, the influence of other artists, and recognition); (6) "The Long Struggle" (marriage, Europe, the Village, divorce, remarriage, and a teaching position at the Rhode Island School of Design); (7) "Horizons" (entry into the area of American Indian Studies and acceptance of a professorship at the University of Minnesota). (JC)