Dakota was born on a reservation in New Mexico on February 28, 1978. Her parents were poor, but gave her the best the could. A few of the tribal elders took her under their wing to teach her the ways of the "old people". She was taught how to survive off of the land, what herbal concotions did what, how to communicate with animals, and many more things. But most special of all, as the Medicine Man soon discovered, she had the ability to see and communicate with spirits. He carefully guided her with this while she attended school.

As you can imagine, life was different on a reservation, versus living elsewhere,governed by white man's laws. So it wasn't surprising when Dakota decided to go see how the other half lives after she completed graduate school. Her parents agreed to give her some of the money they had saved for her college fund to go tour the country, so long as she agreed to go to college when she got back.

She quickly agreed, and made plans to start traveling. Her cousin made sure that her fighting skills were at least defined before she left, and gave her a gun to take with her. She objected at first, but he persisted saying she wouldn't know what to expect outside of the reservation, and he'd feel better if he knoew she had some protection. Besides she was a decent shot. So finally she agreed to take it. She packed up her beat up, blue, Dodge truck and headed east through Texas, then on upwards towards Kansas. There she stopped in Kansas City. Far enough from home to learn, but close enough to be a comfort to her.