

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.

Aline Spears

Adam Whallach

Father Jacobs

Sister Ruth

Perseverance Spears

January Spears

Matthew Spears

Older Taylor Whallach
Older Aline Spears

Percy Whallach

Thomas Miller

Archbishop Thomas Miller