In 1862 Marie Blackbird sewed seeds into the hem of her skirt. Whatever might happen with the approaching soldiers, she knew she would need to grow the food to sustain her family. In 2002, Rosalie Iron Wing struggles to find her way back to her Dakhota roots. The emptiness she carries is the result of choices she has made to survive, choices that separated her both from her past and possibility of the future she hoped to share with her son. In between the lives of the two women is a family story of stolen lands, kidnapped children, and brutal educational practices. As much as this is the history of a Native American family, it is also a warning about the loss of the native farming tradition, of forgetting to cherish the earth that sustains us and the mistakes we make when faced with the promise of wealth.
