The Bird Clan are the keepers of knowledge and responsible for spreading the seeds of knowledge. They were traditionally teachers and farmers
The Bird Clans are the spiritual people. They are known to predict the future.
The Bird can fly high observing the world at great distances. The Eagle is the bird known to be closet to the Creator as they are part of the sky world and can access Creator's wisdom.
The Bird Clan represented the spiritual leader of the people and gave the nation its vision of well-being and its highest development of the spirit.
The people of The Bird Clan were said to possess the characteristics of the Eagle, the head of their Clan, in that they pursued the highest elevations of the mind just as the eagle pursues the highest evaluations of the sky.
How Biidaaban Kinoomaagegamik staff and students learned about this meaningful, traditional feast day, and explored the relevance more deeply through their own personal actions and as a school community at a ceremony held to honour and recall their loved ones.