This original rap song is the perfect complement to award-winning author Louise Erdrich's novel, The Birchbark House, about an energetic 7-year old Ojibwa girl named Omakayas who comes of age and helps her family survive during the harsh seasons in 1847 on the shores of Lake Superior. The song's lyrics summarize the story with fun and detailed rhymes, while teaching character traits, sensory language, figurative language, and more! Use it as a study guide, too!