Does the foul image matter? Yes. Research studies show that stereotypical mascot images have a negative impact on Native children. Do a search on Indian mascots and you'll see similarities in them and the images in this Foul Among the Good gallery. Now consider this: Native children drop out of school at astonishing rates. Researchers cite a lack of engagement from them. Would you engage if you saw this sort of thing, year after year, in your classrooms?
The gallery is arranged chronically. Some of the images depict Native people in grotesque and savage ways; some depict Native people in romantic and noble ways. Some mock Native people in cartoonish ways, while others objectify Native people (as in "I is for Indian"). Beneath each image is the title, author, illustrator, publisher, year of publication, and date it was added to the gallery. It is a work in progress.
The gallery is arranged chronically. Some of the images depict Native people in grotesque and savage ways; some depict Native people in romantic and noble ways. Some mock Native people in cartoonish ways, while others objectify Native people (as in "I is for Indian"). Beneath each image is the title, author, illustrator, publisher, year of publication, and date it was added to the gallery. It is a work in progress.
I welcome your assistance in building this archive of foul among the good. Please submit scans or photographs to me at dreese.nambe@gmail.com. If you wish, I will credit you with submitting the image. Uncredited images are ones I (Debbie Reese) scanned.
Aventures de Robert-Robert et de son fidéle compagnon Toussaint Lavenette
by Louis Desnoyer, illustration by Frédéric de Courcy
Published in 1839 in Paris by Garnier Freres
1658
Orbis Pictus (Visible World) by Johannes Amos Comenius
published in 1658
Date added to gallery: 6/2/2014
1839
by Louis Desnoyer, illustration by Frédéric de Courcy
Published in 1839 in Paris by Garnier Freres
1847
The Tales of Peter Parley, About America
published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. in 1847
Date added to gallery: June 13, 2014
1909
A Child's Garden of Versus
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, illus by Charles Robinson
published by London J. Lane in 1909
Date added to gallery: June 9, 2016
1907
The Teddy Bear ABC
Written by Laura Rinkle Johnson
Illusrated by Margaret Landers Sanford
first published in 1907 by H.M.Caldwell Co.
Date added to gallery: May 12, 2022
1911
Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton
published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1911
Date added to gallery: June 13, 2014
1941
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds,
published by Dodd, Mead & Company in 1941.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson,
illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen.
Published in 1951 by Golden Press.
Date added to gallery: 4/27/2016
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson,
illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen.
Published in 1951 by Golden Press.
Date added to gallery: 4/27/2016
1951
Bugs Bunny and the Indians,
published by Little Golden Books in 1951
Date added to gallery: 2/16/2015
Little Leo,
published in 1951 by Scribner
Date added to gallery: 7/25/2021
1958
Danny and the Dinosaur, by Syd Hoff,
published by Harper in 1958.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1959
Color ABC, by Nancy Larrick, illustrated by Rene Martin,
published by Platt & Munk Co., Inc., in 1959.
(In contrast, B is for bluejay)
(In contrast, B is for bluejay)
Image courtesy of Nancy Tolson.
Date added to gallery: 2/21/2013.
1960
Christmas Eve at the Mellops, by Tomi Ungerer,
published by Harper.
1962
Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak,
published by Harper & Row in 1962.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1962
Little Runner of the Longhouse
by Betty Baker, illustrated by Arnold Lobel,
published by Harper & Row in 1962;
published in German in 1968; in Afrikaans and Danish in 1970,
and republished in 1990 by HarperCollins.
Date added to gallery: 2/14/2019
Let's Be Indians
by Peggy Parish, drawings by Arnold Lobel,
published by Harper & Row in 1962.
Date added to gallery: July 31, 2023
1964
Red Fox and His Canoe, written by Nathaniel Benchley,
illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1964.
Date added to gallery: 4/3/2015
Image courtesy of Leigh Woznick
1967
Clifford's Halloween, by Norman Bridwell
published by Four Winds Press in 1967.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1967
Little Bear's Thanksgiving
by Janice Brustlein, illustrated by Marian Curtis Fosster
Published by William Morrow & Co
Date added to gallery: 5/12/2022
1970
published by Random House in 1970.
Date added to gallery: 2/12/2013
Image courtesy of Gina Boldman,
Eastern Michigan University
1973
Find Your ABC's, by Richard Scarry,
published by Random House in 1973.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1973
George and Martha, Encore by James Marshall,
published in 1973 by Houghton Mifflin.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1973
Please and Thank You, by Richard Scarry,
published by Random House in 1973.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1974
The Stupids Step Out, by James Allard, illustrated by James Marshall,
published by Houghton Mifflin in 1974.
published by Houghton Mifflin in 1974.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1978
The Stupids Have A Ball, by James Allard, illustrated by James Marshall,
published by Houghton Mifflin in 1978.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
Worse than Rotten, Ralph, by Jack Gantos, illustrated by Nicole Rubel
published by Houghton Mifflin in 1978.
Date added to gallery: 2/14/2013
1978
published by Houghton Mifflin in 1978.
Date added to gallery: 2/14/2013
1980
published by Random House in 1981
Date added to gallery: 7/24/2018
1982
Berenstain Bears Go To Camp, by Stan Berenstain,
published by Random House in 1982.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1987
by Martin Hanford
Published by Walker Books, 1987
Date added to gallery: May 29, 2014
Contributed by Sharon H. Chang
Published by Walker Books, 1987
Date added to gallery: May 29, 2014
Contributed by Sharon H. Chang
1988
Little Critter's The Trip
by Mercer Mayer
published in 1988 by Golden Books
republished in 1909 by Inchworm Press
Added to gallery on July 25, 2021
1991
Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman, illustrations by Caroline Binch,
published by Dial Books for Young Readers, in 1991.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1991
Just Me and My Little Brother
by Mercer Mayer
published in 1991 by Golden Books;
republished in 2006 by Random House
Added to gallery on July 25, 2021
1996
My Very First Mother Goose
by Rosemary Wells,
published by Candlewick in 1996.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
1999
Thanksgiving Day
by Anne Rockwell, illustrations by Lizzy Rockwell,
published by HarperCollins in 1999.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
2006
by Brad Epstein
published by Michaelson Entertainment
Date added to gallery: 5/12/2022
2010
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and other Man-Made Catastrophes
by Lenore Look, illustrated by LeUyen Pham,
published by Schwartz & Wade Books in 2010.
Date added to gallery: 2/10/2013
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever
Winnie and Waldorf
Written and illustrated by Kati Hite,
published in 2015 by HarperCollins.
Date added to gallery: 4/3/2015
Popcorn
Frank Asch
published in 1979 by Parents Magazine Press
and in 2015 by Aladdin/Simon and Schuster
Date added to gallery: 7/24/2015
Normal Norman
Tara Lazar, illus by S. britt
published in 2016 by Sterling Children's Books
Date added to gallery: 6/9/16
The Wolves of Currumpaw
William Grill
published in 2016 by Flying Eye Books
Date added to gallery: 6/9/16
2011
by Jeff Kinney
Published by Amulet Books in 2011
Translated into Korean in 2017, German in 2016,
Hebrew and Portuguese in 2012
Date added to gallery: July 25, 2021
2015
Written and illustrated by Kati Hite,
published in 2015 by HarperCollins.
Date added to gallery: 4/3/2015
2015
Frank Asch
published in 1979 by Parents Magazine Press
and in 2015 by Aladdin/Simon and Schuster
Date added to gallery: 7/24/2015
2016
Tara Lazar, illus by S. britt
published in 2016 by Sterling Children's Books
Date added to gallery: 6/9/16
2016
The Wolves of Currumpaw
William Grill
published in 2016 by Flying Eye Books
Date added to gallery: 6/9/16
2021
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
published in 2021 by Ladybird Readers
Date added to gallery: 6/19/21
4 comments:
These are pretty unbelievable in their insensitivity.
I need to be told how some of these are objectifying. Are native americans not to be mentioned in children's literature. Children pretend to be pilgrims and first Americans because they learn about them in early primary education - and that is where "Indians" are really being objectified.
Wow....these are all so stereotypical. Still today? And people and animals playing " dress up" with sacred or important native regalia. Why are natives treated this way? What if I did a children's book where pigs were dressed up as Popes and Ayatollahs and the children were encouraged to role-play " African-Americans"! How would that go over? How hard is it to write a non-stereotypical book that gives actual information on specific tribes and trivializes no one? Either do a good educational job on every ethnicity or don't do it at all. There is enough garbage out there.
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman 1991, often a teacher favorite
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