Where Birds Land

By Mary Ruth Barnes

Back Cover Copy: Ella McSwain is a Chickasaw woman raising her family amidst evolving turmoil within the budding state of Oklahoma. After Ella is left with an unusable plot of land, she finds herself fighting for her family's rightful allotment. Faced with crooked businessmen, land grifters, and grueling court battles, can she summon the strength to persevere against all odds? In this stand-alone companion to Little Bird, Mary Ruth Barnes crafts an engaging family saga that spans from Indian Territory to Oklahoma statehood against the backdrop of the state's changing landscape. Inside Cover Copy: 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 legal battles along the way. Will her family have land to call home by the end of her fight 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952397499
• ISBN13: 9781952397493
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: White Dog Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"