An incredible and often forgotten historical event occurs the day before the hearing, and Thomas becomes ill right afterwards. The most charming misfit is Millie, a serious student of anthropology who lives constrained by her autism limitations and boundaries until she is called upon to bring the results of her studies to the hearing in Washington, with Thomas and Patrice. Patrice is also grieving the disappearance of her elder sister Vera, who took off to the cities to get married and is abandoned and kidnapped. Thomas knows that the action would mean the destruction and scattering of the tribe to the Twin Cities, and he calls upon every resource to fight and win the case. Show More struggles to stay warm and fed are seemingly surmountable until, in 1953, a proposal is made to "terminate" the tribe's treaties with the federal government and to sell off the tribe's land.
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