tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post1021842536458185573..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): PETER PAN in Canada: Two steps forward, and then two steps back againDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-52620325802234937762010-04-26T12:25:46.692-05:002010-04-26T12:25:46.692-05:00dear ms. reese,
i appreciate your thorough dissec...dear ms. reese,<br /><br />i appreciate your thorough dissection of the globe and mail piece so much. i, too, was immediately thrown off by the beothuk quip, but knew i had to go forth with a sense of how little ground i feel we're able to cover when trying to work with the press. in late '08 and into '09 a theatre company in toronto (native earth performing arts) tried to make inroads with another newspaper when they referred to a metis playwright and her characters as "indians". for the most part, in canada, we don't employ this term unless it's amongst ourselves - when there is no hatred in the word, it's a different animal, isn't it? the toronto star (the offending paper) acknowledged our communications and made a watery commitment to look into altering their style guide which was what they asserted had given them permission to call our metis playwright and her characters "indians".<br /><br />the learning curve is steep, and it is endless work to try to shine light on the indigenous perspective. i feel much bolstered to learn of your own activism, having been referred here by a friend.<br /><br />the positive in all of this is that, in spite of j. kelly nestruck's wince-worthy (on a worse day it would be weep-worthy, mind you) verbiage, he had the insight to see that this story was worth writing about. baby steps...<br /><br />yours in solidarity,<br />tara beaganTara B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00359995892977404415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-48830346834750243262010-04-26T06:48:36.227-05:002010-04-26T06:48:36.227-05:00Ithiliana---click on the link I provided...the one...Ithiliana---click on the link I provided...the one that goes to the recently released sequel to PETER PAN.<br /><br />It is called PETER PAN IN SCARLET. The author added "throat slitters" to the massive body of misinformation about American Indians.Debbie Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-28230954711537466262010-04-25T14:41:25.913-05:002010-04-25T14:41:25.913-05:00*wow*
This is....just. Wow.
And what a parallel...*wow*<br /><br />This is....just. Wow.<br /><br />And what a parallel: in a discussion about Gaiman on my LJ a few days ago, a British author talked about how little is known about "Indians" in Britain (just from American Westerns?), and my basic response was "Peter Pan."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com