During WWII, Jed's English father serves as a fighter pilot overseas, while he and his mother move back to her Tsimshian community on Canada's west coast. When the military sets up a naval base in town, Jed gets a job there and takes great pride in his country and heritage. But when his best friend Tadashi, along with other members of the nearby Japanese village, are declared enemy aliens and told to prepare to leave their homes, Jed must ask himself where his allegiance belongs.