Cree piano prodigy Aline Spears and her siblings are taken from their family and forced into residential school. Now a WWII code talker, Spears and her husband confront the spectres of their pasts.
Aline reconnects with her sister Perseverance, which resurfaces memories of a daring attempt to escape residential school – and its irrevocable consequences on all four Spears siblings.
Aline struggles to support her family while Adam, denied his veteran's pension, is cast adrift. When their children, Jake and Taylor, take action against a local priest, Aline experiences a crisis of faith.
Advancing her work on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs, Taylor returns to her childhood home; a tense Thanksgiving dinner between the family spurs Jake to reach out to his father's family.
Taylor and Aline travel to the Vatican where confronting the past sparks a pivotal discovery; Jake joins his family's work and a concert becomes an opportunity for reconnection and healing.
