Native American protesters confront an oil pipeline project, down the hill from their ancestral land. The grandfather evokes the tale of Creation, reminding all of us that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.

Four Souls of Coyote is an alternative and more modest creation myth, in which the human being is neither the top creature of nature nor the king of the world, but only one of all the creatures. Surprisingly, these archaic myths depict the interrelated nature of the world quite similarly to modern scientific results; their morals and wisdom resonate with current environmental and green movements. The film goes back to the creation of the world, when Old Man created life from mud. His every creation is new and unknown and affects the rest of the world. Desire and emotions are unknown as well, and with the evolution of those, the world becomes more complicated. Through adventures filled with animals, magic, hunger, greed and the sacred circle of all creations, the story gives us hope that it Is not too late to correct our course - it is the last minute to save Earth.

In the present day a group gathers on top of a mountain, the last indigenous holdout, to protest against an oil company intruding across their sacred hills. Sitting around the campfire at night, their wise chief tells the story of the creation of the world. In the beginning there was only water. Old Creator was the only one. From a handful of mud, he creates the land, vegetation, and all the animals. This all done, he falls asleep. A disturbing, four souled trickster Coyote appears in his dream. Old Man grabs Coyote and flings him far out of his head. Coyote crashes but loses only one soul. Driven by great hunger, Coyote steals some mud and clumsily tries to create something to eat. He ends up with two small mud figures: a boy and a girl. Coyote shows off his work, the humans, to Old Man, but Old Man thinks they are shoddy and makes Coyote responsible for them. Coyote starts killing to eat and then feeds the children. The meat makes them grow into adults. Enraged by the killing, Old Man hurls lightning bolts at Coyote and sets the prairie on fire. Finally, he ties Lighting Bolt to the mountain top. The girl gives birth to a boy whose crying wakes all hungry predators. They try to get the human baby, but the humans fight back with fire. Old Man makes peace through agreement in the Circle. They smoke the pipe together, and humans finally take their place in the big circle of creatures. Cunning and crafty Coyote is banished. Coyote sets Lighting Bolt free. The two exiles decide to emigrate over the ocean. Seasons pass, and the descendants of the first couple live in harmony with nature. Lightening Bolt is captured by white people to create cannons. They cross the sea and start shooting at the Native Americans. Eventually, Coyote turns on the intruders, and thus loses his last life while saving his own creatures. Finally, the tribe is forced to retreat to the last hill. When the chief finishes the story, his granddaughter realizes that the only way to stop the white man is to help him find his place in creation.