On a summer day in Saskatchewan, Bezhig Little Bird and her two sisters are ripped away from their mother by police and were put up for adoption. Years later Bezhig renamed as Esther Rosenblum by her adoptive family is living in Montreal.
Esther finds her adoption paper and newspaper clippings that evokes funny memories of her young life before she was adopted. She uproots her life sacrificing everything in search of her family.
Patti Little Bird is desperate to bring her kids back but she doesn't know where they are taken. Eighteen years later Esther made her way back to prairies and is desperate to find her family.
Bird family comes together to mourn death and celebrate life. Esther and Golda are both changed from this journey of self discovery and has strengthened their bond as mother and Daughter which instilled a new sense of identity in Esther.