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Friday, September 26, 2025

Highly Recommended: WE CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD YOU

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We Can't Wait to Hold You Written by Richard Van Camp,  Tłı̨chǫ Dene from Fort Smith, NWT Published in 2026 Publisher: Orca Book Publis...
Saturday, September 06, 2025

Correcting an error

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Good morning, Today (September 6, 2025) I am following up on the error I made on Sunday, August 31. In that post, I said that " Texas d...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Debbie--Have you seen THE ECHO PEOPLE, published by Lee and Low?

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Note from Debbie at 7:31 PM Pacific Time, September 1, 2015. Below, I said that the State of Texas has not recognized any tribes, but I stan...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Notes about the Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection (phonics readers) from Lee and Low

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New from Lee and Low is the "Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection" of books meant to teach readers short vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in t...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Highly Recommended: THE NAVAJO: PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY by Jennifer R. Denetdale

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For years I have studied the many excellent books and articles by Dr. Jennifer R. Denetdale. She's a citizen of the Navajo Nation and a ...
Friday, August 15, 2025

2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award (AIYLA) -- Acceptance Speeches

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On January 25, 2025, the American Indian Library Association (AILA) held its Youth Literature Award Ceremony in Phoenix during the American ...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Highly Recommended: THE CHEROKEE: PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY by Twila M. Barnes

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A few days ago on social media, I saw Daniel Heath Justice's post about The Cherokee: People, Culture, and History by Twila M. Barnes. D...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

"What if Everything We Know about Sacagawea is Wrong?"

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I'll start with a thanks to Carol, a reader who wrote to me about the recent New York Times Magazine  article, " What if Everything...
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Friday, July 25, 2025

Stereotypes of Native Peoples in Children's Books - A Report from 1971

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How does a society move away from its embrace of stereotypes or biased and incorrect images? Native people and our allies have been calling ...
Saturday, July 05, 2025

Art by Rebecca Lee Kunz (Cherokee Nation) on Cover of THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE

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What a delight this morning (July 5, 2025) to see art by Rebecca Lee Kunz (Cherokee Nation) on the cover of the July/August 2025 The Horn Bo...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Highly Recommended: REDress

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  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence Edited by Jaime Black-Morsette (Metis) Published by Portage and Main Pr...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Will Native Presence at Alcatraz by removed or covered up by Trump Administration?

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Update on Sept 27, 2025: At the end of this original post on June 14, 2025, I am adding changes on the Alcatraz website.  On June 13, 2025 T...
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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Why I am not recommending children's books by Thomas King

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Why I am no longer recommending books by Thomas King? Because I am no longer confident that he is Cherokee.  When I was teaching at the Univ...
Sunday, June 08, 2025

Not Recommended: Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, by Lois Lowry

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Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry came out in 2002. In 2005, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother came out and there are a few more Gooney Bird bo...
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