Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.
Grace Dove
Aline Spears
Phillip Forest Lewitski
Adam Whallach
Rémy Girard
Father Jacobs
Karine Vanasse
Sister Ruth
Alyssa Wapanatâhk
Perseverance Spears
Michelle Thrush
January Spears
Glen Gould
Matthew Spears
Gail Maurice
Older Taylor Whallach
