Description
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Chickasaw woman Ella McSwain is navigating the fate of her family against the turbulence of Indian Territory and its imminent establishment as Oklahoma. Just as Ella’s mother, Esther McLish, fought for her son’s recognition as a Chickasaw citizen on the Dawes Roll, Ella McSwain must now fight to receive her allotted land from the Dawes Commission.
But the road isn’t easy, and Ella encounters crooked businessmen, land grifters, and even the Supreme Court along the way. Will her family have land to call home by the end of her battle against injustice
Based on the true family histories of author Mary Ruth Barnes, Where Birds Land is the gripping continuation of her debut title Little Bird, noted as “an immersive and affecting work about life in Indian Territory” by Kirkus Reviews.