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In underscoring the existence of multiple temporalities

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

the narrator details how her mother repaired a favorite beaded necklace

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What the Chickadee Knows rez In underscoring the existence ofMargaret 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