In Dry Lake, New Mexico, three Navajo characters are struggling. "Sick Boy" (Jeremiah Bitsui) is about to leave for the Army to support his pregnant wife (Elizabeth Frances), but he can't seem to keep himself from drinking and getting into trouble. Nizhoni (Morningstar Angeline Wilson) lives with her adoptive white Christian parents and is going to college, but she wants to learn more about her real family. And Felixia (Carmen Moore) is a transgender woman living with her grandparents and earning money turning tricks; she dreams of being a model for the annual Women of the Navajo calendar. Eventually all of the characters reach turning points and must decide who they are and where they're going.