The Birchbark House - Book 4 : Chickadee (HC) Legends when educational systems designed for

when educational systems designed for the mainstream have relegated First Nations students to the sidelines

the struggle to maintain their culture and identity

Readers can simply open the book at any point and find an article of interest that will most likely introduce new information

the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan identified land at Six Nation and Tyendinaga as sites for training

and listen as the residents talk openly about the land they love and rely on for survival

The Birchbark House - Book 4 : Chickadee (HC) Legends when educational systems designed forContinuing the series that began with The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence and The Porcupine Year, Chickadee follows a brand new character, Omakayas's grandson Chickadee. It's 1866 and just like the bird that is his namesake, Chickadee is small and clever. When Chickadee's twin brother pranks Shigaag, the Ojibwe Nation's ne'er do well, Shigaag's unruly, bumbling sons kidnap Chickadee as revenge. He's taken farther from home than he's ever been.