Red Crow Mi'g Maq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every lndian child under the age of 16 must attend residential schooI. In the kingdom of the Crow, that meansimprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the schooI. At 15, AiIa is the weed princess of Red Crow. Hustling with her uncle Burner, she selIs enough dope to pay Popper her "truancy tax", keeping her out of St.Ds. But when AiIa's drug money is stolen and her father Joseph returns from prison, the precarious balance of AiIa's world is destroyed. Her onIy options are to run or fight... and Mi'gMaq don't run. |