Accessibly written and revelatory

and tensions over “real Indian-ness” emerge

Artfully blending sly humor

Raised on a Sioux reservation

What the Chickadee Knows cities Accessibly written and revelatoryMargaret 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