[1] He was soon awarded a commission, funded by the Lila Acheson Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation Arts Partners Program, to compose a "jazz-Indian score" for choreographer Garth Fagan.

[7][5] Led by Pullen on piano, the group features the final incarnation of his African Brazilian Connection, with saxophonist Carlos Ward, trombonist Joseph Bowie, double bassist Santi Debriano, drummer J. T. Lewis, and percussionist Mor Thiam, along with the seven members of the Chief Cliff Singers, who provide vocals and drumming.

[9] Pullen died six weeks after the recording was made,[10] and one day after the premiere in Helena, Montana, in which his music accompanied Fagan's dance work, titled "Earth Eagle First Circle".

"[16] Entertainment Weekly's Chip Deffaa called the album "a unique, often moving, and surprisingly cohesive recording" with "music that can dance with life or invite spiritual awareness.

"[10] Don Heckman of Los Angeles Times described the recording as "an extraordinary piece of work," and noted that Pullen "found a connection that has less to do with specific musical techniques than it does with a kind of joint emotional and spiritual constancy."

He commented: "His conjunctions, both compositionally and improvisationally, find intersections between the rhythmic flow and spontaneity of jazz and the penetrating chants and insistent percussion of Native America.