The film stars Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara and Robert Pine.

[2][3] Robert (Bob) Leslie, a Vietnam veteran goes to the remote homeland of a fallen comrade to deliver his personal effects to his father, a First Nations chief and shaman.

Meanwhile, the indigenous population faces eviction by the federal government, which wants to build facilities in the part of the national park where they reside.

Bob tries several times to speak to the park board on their behalf, but his ignorance of Native history leads to conflict between him and his friend's people.

As the tension escalates, one man turns his anger towards Bob and attacks his home and the bears, leading to a forest fire that endangers the park and its inhabitants, human and animal.