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In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history. Through this epic journey of connection and self-discovery, Bezhig Little Bird begins to find her lost family and put the pieces of her fragmented past back together.

The Little Bird family comes together to mourn death and celebrate life.
When tragedy strikes, Esther realizes that she needs her mother, Golda, more than anyone.
Esther returns to Montreal to confront her adoptive mother about her new revelations.
Episodes
In 1968 Bezhig Little Bird was taken from her family. Now she questions her adoptive life.
Extras
Go behind the scenes of Little Bird and the movement for Indigenous narrative sovereignty.
Go behind the scenes of Little Bird and the movement for Indigenous narrative sovereignty.
Patti Little Bird and Behzig/Esther are desperate to find their families, decades apart.
Determined to learn more about her pre-adoption life, Esther uproots her life.
Bezhig Little Bird longs for the family she lost and to fill in the missing pieces.
Cast and crew members discuss the Sixties Scoop and the true stories behind "Little Bird."