What the Chickadee Knows rez And their contributions exemplify how

And their contributions exemplify how Indigenous peoples are creatively applying tools of decolonization and critical research to re-create Indigenous thought and culture in a present day that rarely resembles the days of their ancestors

Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family's way of living

supported by a baby board

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the narrator details how her mother repaired a favorite beaded necklace

What the Chickadee Knows rez And their contributions exemplify howMargaret Noodin explains in the preface of her new poetry collection, What the Chickadee Knows (Gijigijigaaneshiinh Gikendaan), "Whether we hear giji giji gaane shii shii or chick a dee dee dee depends on how we have been taught to listen. Our world is shaped by the sounds around us and the filter we use to turn thoughts into words. The lines and images here were conceived first in Anishinaabemowin and then in English. They are an attempt to hear and