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
Phillip Lewitski
Rémy Girard
Karine Vanasse
Alyssa Wapanatâhk
Michelle Thrush
Glen Gould
Gail Maurice
Carla-Rae
Cara Gee
Jonathan Whitesell
Patrick Garrow
Summer Testawich
Sierra Rose McRae
Ethan Evans
Payne Merasty
Alanis Obomsawin
Joshua Odjick
Paulina Alexis
Conner Alook-Oar
Gerald Auger
Shannon Baker
Linden Banks
Marcio Barauna
Tanaya Beatty
Tim Beckmann
Mariel Belanger
Sharla Berg
Neville Bowman
Lesli Brownlee
Guy Castonguay
Kindall Charters
Dean Christy
Harrison Coe
Marcel Jayden Ray Commodore
Jonathon Connelly
Jaina Dargatz
Nancy Duchaine
Cameron Fraser-Monroe
Teya Gabriel
Alexey Gammer
Rosemary Georgeson
Jeff Gladstone
Michael Goudge
Dominic Greco
Jenn Griffin
Brett Harris
Nick Heffelfinger
Kendra Hesketh
Trevor Hinton
Benjamin Jacobson
Margo Kane
Claude Knowlton
Carter Kus
Daryll Laboucan
Wayne Lavallee
Ava Ahn Le
Kevin Loring
Allan Luna
Mayson Marshall
Trina McDonald
Ridley Havok McLeod
Alain Mickelson
Jeremy O'Driscoll
Valerie Oliver
Thomas Orr-Loney
Jayden Paul
Tahmoh Penikett
Lucas Penner
Ruth Peters
Tyler Peters
Kwecta'mn Pierre
Nathan Plumite
Vance Potter
Shannon Rattai
Devin Rennie
Regan Ross
Dane Stevens
Jaxon Swakum-Malloway
John Tench
Astrid Trueman
Corey Turner
Ron Wear
Jesse Zubot
Denis Corbett
Yolanda Corbett
Tess Hunter