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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Allen Sockabasin's THANKS TO THE ANIMALS
Sunday, December 31, 2006
"I is not for Indian"
In 1991, Naomi Caldwell-Wood and Lisa A. Mitten, officers of the American Indian Library Association, published "Selective Bibliography and Guide for "I" IS NOT FOR INDIAN: THE PORTRAYAL OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE."
Now 15 years old, it is still one of the best articles out there for teachers, parents, librarians and others interested in learning how to look critically at children's books about American Indians.
It includes an annotated list of recommended books and books that should be avoided. It's a short article. It won't take long to read it, but will increase your understanding immeasurably. It is located on the website for the American Indian Library Association.
There's much to learn from the website. Click through the various links.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Richard Van Camp's THE LESSER BLESSED
If you've got an account on MySpace, take a look at Van Camp's page.
Visit Richard Van Camp's website to see who his favorite Native authors are.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Deborah Miranda's, THE ZEN OF LA LLORONA
[Note: This review is used here by permission of its author, Beverly Slapin. It may not be published elsewhere without the author's written permission.]
Miranda, Deborah (Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen/Chumash), The Zen of La Llorona. Salt Publishing, 2005. 106 pages, high school-up.
“I am La Llorona’s daughter,” Deborah Miranda writes, “I should have drowned, but I didn’t.” Somehow, despite the rage and fear, depression and self-loathing and inconsolable grief and “this beast called bereftness” passed on to her from her own mother, she survived.
Tiny gold ants crawl on the hairy stem,
seek the deep center, enter it.
As we drive on, I leave the branch behind.
The ants will find their way home carrying
a burden so sweet it needs no name,
a story to tell about being taken up,
removed, finding the intricate paths back.