Two men - one Native, the other of Irish descent - fly from Newfoundland to British Columbia in a small plane on an adventure into Canadian history, tracing from the air the original routes of Europeans into Canada over 500 years ago, dropping down into native communities in out-of-the-way places to meet with descendants of the people who first greeted the arriving explorers. Ancient Land, Ancient Sky offers an essential view of Canada at the end of the 20th century, and encouragement for a new national integrity as we start the next.