While walking through a field, Danny finds an 8,000 year old arrowhead. After he shows his friend Joshua, who lives on the Piikani reserve at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, the two go on buffalo hunts, powwows, archaeological digs , and break in to the local museum. Grappling with dyslexia and unsure of his place in the world, Danny follows the arrowhead into a distant past and back again as he learns about himself and the people who came before him.