While Chakotay leads an Away Team to drill for minerals on a moon's surface, they accidently disturb a village and encounter its defensive inhabitants - a group with Indian origins. A regretful Chakotay then experiences flashbacks of himself as a defiant 15-year-old who disappoints his father by not embracing the traditions of his tribe. Meanwhile, while tending to the pregnant Ensign Wildman, The Doctor is challenged by Kes to show more compassion for his patients. So, he programs himself with a simulated flu virus to experience the discomforts living beings can feel.

Henry Darrow (Kolopak)
Richard Fancy (Sky Spirit Alien)
Douglas Spain (Young Chakotay)
Nancy Hower (Ensign Samantha Wildman)
Richard Chaves (the Chief)
Joseph Palmas (Antonio)

• The "Sky Spirit" aliens met Chakotay's ancestors when they visited Earth 45,000 years ago.