In 1972, John Daniel, an eleven-year-old Blue Indian from Aberdeen in Canada's Northwest Territories, and his six-year-old sister Eva, were brought to live with a white couple in Alberta, having been removed from their parents by the 'Powers that Be'. John promised he'd never go back. But at the age of twenty-two, he broke that promise. A job with a drilling company brought him back to the land of his people, and Tina Joseph, to whom he was deeply attracted, encouraged him to confront the sad truths of his parents' lives.