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What the Chickadee Knows (Great Lakes Book series)

Margaret Noodin

Ages: 9+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

ISBN: 978-0-814347508

Keywords: North American Indian, Anishinaabemowin language, heritage, history, tradition

The world shared with a North American indigenous people -- despite differences in language and history -- is rapturously celebrated in both their native tongue and English. Preface.