Indians Do Cry explores the profound effects of residential school on George, who was taken from his family at age seven to attend Pelican Lake Indian Residential School in northern Ontario. Hockey became his refuge during those challenging years, offering an outlet for his endurance and spirit. His son Mike faced the ripple effects of intergenerational trauma but found strength in his own hockey journey, eventually playing for the Estonian national team and pursuing a doctoral degree at McGill University. Through their father-son relationship, Indians Do Cry weaves a story of survivance and reconciliation, framed as a sports memoir to resonate with Canada’s hockey-loving audience