A tribute from a son to his father, The Force to Walk tells the story of Tobasonakwut, Anishinaabe Chief of the Ojibwe Nation. Survivor of residential schools, grand chief and civil rights defender, despite the cancer that was gnawing at him, he led an enterprise of reconciliation that remains one of his most important legacies. This story testifies to the struggle and the paths of resistance of the First Nations of Canada.