Otipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Métis, meaning "the people who own themselves." Andrea Currie was born into a Métis family with a strong lineage of warriors, land protectors, writers, artists, and musicians-all of which was lost to her when she was adopted as an infant into a white family with no connection to her people. Together with her younger adopted brother, also Métis, she struggled throughout her childhood, never feeling like she belonged in that world. "When their adoptions fell apart during their teen years, the two siblings found themselves on different paths, yet they stayed connected. Currie takes us through her journey, from the harrowing time of bone-deep disconnection, to the years of searching and self-discovery, to the joys and sorrows of reuniting with her birth family.