How the Birds Got Their Songs Tulalip Nina and Oli have no

Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists

Ask the Brindled is a song from the shattered throat that refuses to be silenced

Absentee Indians and Other Poems evokes personal yet universal experiences of the places that Native Americans call home

at once reflects and creates the unique internal reality of each Native community

Good for translators and language learners

How the Birds Got Their Songs Tulalip Nina and Oli have noThe Great Spirit challenges all the birds to a contest, and the gift of birdsong is born! This traditional story, told in both English and Ojibwe, explains bird behavior and where humans should go to hear the prettiest of birdsongs. When Mother Earth was very young and the Great Spirit had created all the beings, he noticed how quiet everything was. As he walked about the earth, listening to the sounds of the animals and the wind and the waters, some