With winter looming\, a small northern Ani shinaabe community goes dark. Cut off\, people become passive and confused . Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a p ocket of community members struggle to maintain order\, an unexpected visi tor arrives\, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after\, ot hers follow.
\nThe community leadership loses its grip on power as t he visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve . Tensions rise and\, as the months pass\, so does the death toll due to s ickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos\, a group of young f riends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in ho pes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by a n unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky\, they endeavor to restore order whi le grappling with a grave decision. (From the publisher.)
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