Tribal (2020)
Tribal
2020The department of Federal Justice attempts to save political face under the mask of inclusion and collaboration as they take control of the Tribal Police Force that governs the four Indian Reserves that surround the city. Interim Tribal Chief Samantha Woodburn attempts to overcome political red tape and must also prove herself amongst the old-white-boys club of the Metro Police. Thrust into an unfamiliar world, she navigates politics and procedure as she clashes with her new partner, Chuck "Buke" Bukansky, a seasoned but broken-down Metro Police detective.
Seasons & Episode
Investigating who killed Sydney; Sam and Buke deal with the fallout from discovering the tomb of murdered Indigenous bodies under the city.
After a charity fundraiser, a high-profile Indigenous model is found dead wearing a traditional headdress.
Following a protest at a railroad blockade, the Tribal Police investigate the disappearance of a hitchhiking Indigenous teen.
Detective Bukansky struggles with flashbacks of being shot and is confronted with the event’s connection to the now-infamous tomb.
On the outskirts of the city in the neighbouring Dakota Reserve, a convicted wildlife poacher is found hanged.
A routine follow-up at a healing lodge takes a dangerous turn when an inmate is exposed and proves volatile.
An Indigenous man is found frozen to death on a remote reserve road.
South Metro fears retaliation from an Indigenous vigilante group after a judge’s home goes up in flames.
The bodies of a man and woman are discovered on the river bank, bound with faces painted red. The rift between Tribal and Metro escalates.
The Tribal and Metro partnership is in jeopardy following the scalping of a Metro cop. Sam and Buke face the reality of the future.
The department of Federal Justice attempts to save political face under the mask of inclusion and collaboration as they take control of the Tribal Police Force that governs the four Indian Reserves that surround the city. Interim Tribal Chief Samantha Woodburn attempts to overcome political red tape and must also prove herself amongst the old-white-boys club of the Metro Police. Thrust into an unfamiliar world, she navigates politics and procedure as she clashes with her new partner, Chuck "Buke" Bukansky, a seasoned but broken-down Metro Police detective.