Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Red Crow Mi'kmaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, this means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's, being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school. At 15, Aila is the weed princess of Red Crow. Hustling with her uncle Burner, she sells enough dope to pay Popper her "truancy tax", keeping her out of St. D.'s. But when Aila's drug money is stolen and her father Joseph returns from prison, the precarious balance of Aila's world is destroyed. Her only options are to run or fight--and Mi'kmaq don't run.—monterey media