Injun Kid – Little House on the Prairie TV Episode

60. INJUN KID
January 31, 1976

Joseph Stokes, also known as Spotted Eagle, the son of a Sioux Indian father and a white mother, moves to Walnut Grove with his widowed mother to live with his grandfather, Jeremy. Jeremy is ashamed that his daughter willingly married an Indian and treats Joseph with contempt. At school, Joseph is harassed by the bullies. It is not until Joseph shows courage under adversity when beaten up by the bullies does Jeremy stand up for him and accept Spotted Eagle as his grandson.