In 1920s northern Minnesota, 16-year old Sadie hasn't spoken for 11 years since she was found in the snow beside her frozen mother--a "red skirt"--or prostitute. But photographs trigger memories of what happened that night, as well as Sadie's voice, when others want her (and her friends) to remain silent. Now she and her friends must fight against injustice and those in power who exploit people and wilderness on the must find where she belongs in the world at a tumultuous time for women, as well as the environment, on the MN-Canada border.