Gil Jackson

The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a State of Emergency for the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The covid pandemic has unfortunately hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and the youth must now lead the charge of urgent radical revitalization efforts to help save the language from the brink of extinction.

Déterminé à venger la mort de son père, Johnny Black jure de descendre Brett Clayton. Recherché, il se cache en se faisant passer pour un prédicateur dans une petite ville minière qui a été prise en main par un célèbre Baron de la Terre.