David Charpentier will read passages from his recent memoir, The Boy Who Promised Me Horses, and discuss how his friendship with Maurice Prairie Chief can serve as a model in our attempts to love and understand those around us. The author will take the audience on a journey that explores his adventures with Maurice Prairie Chief, revealing how the two of them developed an understanding and trust, illustrating that even though their backgrounds differed, on deeper and ultimately more important levels, they were so very much alike. This awareness allowed a cross-cultural understanding and gave space to compassion, acceptance, and admiration, a pathway that serves as an example that can bring people across Montana together. Ultimately, David Charpentier will reveal what Maurice’s friendship meant to him, and how his understanding of it has affected his embrace of friendship and love ever since.