Where the Great Plains begin, at the border of Minnesota and North Dakota, three families struggle with the land and with one another over generations. Distance and silence cut into their minds and hearts, knife on bone. Some hide from their suffering, some run, some turn to violence and greed. Into this wound comes the "mongrel child" Hannah, who opens herself to the remains of her people. In search of healing, she makes the hero's journey to the core of their affliction and back.