tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post115219704225397465..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Cheryl Savageau's MUSKRAT WILL BE SWIMMINGDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-1152843429139044412006-07-13T21:17:00.000-05:002006-07-13T21:17:00.000-05:00I wanted to share here how I once at a writers for...I wanted to share here how I once at a writers for children conference heard an illustrator talk about how she wrote and illustrated an "authentic" Native American folktale. I felt really bad when she casually mentioned that she had gotten the story driectly from a old Native American woman because it wsa very clear that this was not going to give credit to the original storyteller NOR any equal share of royalties from the book. I felt very ashamed at that moment to be a writer for children, felt very badly. I knew that the older lady had given this illustrator the story as a gift. It seemed to me that it would have been most appropriate for the illustrator to then give back to that older lady by sharing the credits and the money of the finished book. Later, I felt better after seeing another book in the bookstore, a diferent Native American story, different tribe, and the author/illustrator shared the credit and the royalties with the tribe. I thought that was really a wonderful thing to do, a truly thoughtful, respectful thing to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com