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Little Bird
The Land That Takes You
Season 1
Episode 3
Patti Little Bird is desperate to get her kids back, but she doesn’t know where they have been taken. Eighteen years later, Bezhig/Esther, who has made her way back to the prairies, is desperate to find her family. Both women are lost, tangled in the exact same place, decades apart.
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45:30
The Little Bird family comes together to mourn death and celebrate life.
47:21
When tragedy strikes, Esther realizes that she needs her mother, Golda, more than anyone.
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50:20
Esther returns to Montreal to confront her adoptive mother about her new revelations.
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50:36
Determined to learn more about her pre-adoption life, Esther uproots her life.
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44:07
In 1968 Bezhig Little Bird was taken from her family. Now she questions her adoptive life.