Maryjnberry

The story as presented with their son still in North Africa, reminds me of the Wilbur Smith epic Saga of the Courtney's where much of it started in France, then Africa finally America.

The story of the horrible treatment of Native tribes, depicted in this series, as it may have been in history, although I truly believe from the parts told, leaving much unsaid it a tragedy which has ripped this nation and others in half.

Having read accounts of that time, and knowing a little more because I grew up in the 1960's where natives were still being persecuted and treated abysmally.

I like the gritty and difficult lives of our forebears and a sneak peak at the convicts sent to live in North America made out like bandits starting empires still in power today.

The best thing about this movie is the dog! The boy supposedly being senior in High School, should have placed him in college instead. The supporting actors are just as wooden as the main character. I blame the story line and the boy playing the main character.

This is a believable story about the natives of Haida Gwaii. I'd like to see more stories and depictions of indigenous peoples and their way of life, prior to the invasion of Europeans and British to the Americas. We know the impact of how the indigenous peoples suffered diseases passed on by the settlers, and violence and murder were inevitable between the indigenous and pilgrims/settlers in their new country, one of which they claimed as "uninhabited" and therefore theirs; in other words "finders keepers" with no remorse over consequences becoming indignant if they fought back, resulted in the loss of life on both sides. It's reverberated over hundreds of generations to the present day. History can be made interesting in this way, palatable to all those studying history.