Season 1
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A reluctant hero navigates betrayal and alliances, fighting to protect their homeland while uncovering dark secrets that threaten everything.
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For generations the First Nations of the Northwest coast lived in fear of the Haida raiders. From their island strongholds they would won slaves, wealth and glory at the point of a dagger. Giving rise to a dazzling golden age of art and architecture.
In 1858, rumours of gold drew thousands of gun toting American miners into the heart of the Fraser Canyon. A wave of greed which threatened the local Nlaka'pamux's very way of life. What followed was a forgotten war which decided the fate of British Columbia.
In 1885, Louis Riel and rebel Metis would stun the upstart Canadian government with a violent uprising. Dismissed and dispossessed, the Metis would fight to secure a place in their own homeland.
In 1812 the two biggest corporations in North America went to war over the riches of the west. Caught between them are two desperate peoples. The young Metis nation who called this land home and Highland Scots, driven to Canada by poverty and ethnic cleansing.
Once the Cree and their allies dominated the western fur trade. Sustained by the buffalo. By 1885, their decline meant disaster and starvation. Betrayed by Ottawa, who offered peace and food for land, the Cree would make a valiant last stand to save their people's future.
The price of survival is war