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Bezhig Little Bird longs for the family she lost and to fill in the missing pieces.
Bezhig Little Bird was adopted into a Jewish family at the age of five, being stripped of her identity and becoming Esther Rosenblum. Now in her 20s, Bezhig longs for the family she lost and to fill in the missing pieces. Her quest lands her in the Canadian prairies where she discovers that she was one of the generation of children forcibly apprehended by the Canadian government.
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Preview: Season 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Bezhig Little Bird was adopted into a Jewish family at the age of five, being stripped of her identity and becoming Esther Rosenblum. Now in her 20s, Bezhig longs for the family she lost and to fill in the missing pieces. Her quest lands her in the Canadian prairies where she discovers that she was one of the generation of children forcibly apprehended by the Canadian government.
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(child screaming) - Give me my daughter!
- Mom!
- I'm going to look for them.
I think I might be from here.
- What do you remember?
(child screaming) - The government was taking Indian kids.
You can't just pretend that nothing happened.
It was wrong!
(glass shattering) (Bezhig screaming) - [Bezhig] Can you tell me the truth?
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