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Mitch Caddo, a law school graduate and aspiring political fixer, is an outsider in the homeland of his Anishinaabe ancestors. But alongside Tribal President Mack Beck, he runs the government of the Passage Rouge Nation. On the eve of Mack's reelection, their tenuous grip on power is threatened by a known activist and politician, Gloria Hawkins, and her young aide, Layla Beck. The campaigns test the limits of how far they will go - and what they will sacrifice - to win it all. As relationships strain to their breaking points and a peaceful protest threatens to become a riot, Mitch and Layla must work together to stop the reservation's descent into violence.