tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post1316390124973692154..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Quileute Response to TWILIGHTDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-52963240427791011582013-05-08T08:46:40.089-05:002013-05-08T08:46:40.089-05:00There is a pretty good report on tourism and the Q...There is a pretty good report on tourism and the Quileute here: nativecases.evergreen.edu/collection/cases/twilight.html<br /><br />It mostly focuses on the Quileute themselves coping with the attention, but there is a liitle bit too about depiction by Meyer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-61380022257316860712010-01-09T22:30:51.511-06:002010-01-09T22:30:51.511-06:00I'm not sure how to feel about this. For the ...I'm not sure how to feel about this. For the most part I feel like this phenomenon is turning the Quileute tribe into something of a tourist attraction, which brings back shocking memories of our historical past when Native Americans were displayed in museums as novelties, tourist attractions (Geronimo I believe was subjected to this until he contracted TB and died). So, I don't blame the tribe for not wanting to participate. On the other hand, it makes economic sense to profit while you can. It's kind of a catch 22.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-52503334104669110582009-07-22T15:53:02.363-05:002009-07-22T15:53:02.363-05:00I really appreciated this post. This is a side of...I really appreciated this post. This is a side of the whole Twilight craze that I had not thought about. I had been thinking only about the harmfulness of Twilight's messages about heterosexual romance. I am inclined to agree with the first commenter. While I wish the Quileute the best in dealing with this sudden influx of "interested" parties, I sincerely doubt many Twilight fans are interested in real education about any of the history or contemporary issues facing their people.<br /><br />I'm frustrated because some of my white friends love these books, and they're "progressive" 20-something "adults!" <br /><br />I'm glad I found this site. I was looking for a critique of the Little House on the Prairie series from a Native/indigenous point of view and ended up here. What a wonderful place!Samiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434039760505116696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-31463764411242899182009-07-08T00:34:56.438-05:002009-07-08T00:34:56.438-05:00Thank you! I've been waiting for something lik...Thank you! I've been waiting for something like this article to come out. I've used the Twilight books to talk to some of our young Native women about relationships. The connection we all have with Twilight has been amazing and I hope the Quileutte are able to manage and govern through this sudden celebrity the way that they feel is best for them. I wish you and the Quileutte the very best.<br />BarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-67460965494690955842009-07-07T23:13:30.984-05:002009-07-07T23:13:30.984-05:00One day Twilight will go away....Twilight doesn...One day Twilight will go away....Twilight doesn't bring people any closer to the Aboriginal/Native American people of Turtle Island....its not a paradigm shift but its a seduction that people will pay for the thrill of....its another distortion of indigeneity that redeems the western historical legacy but more particularily capitalizes on the spiritual emptiness that the Mormon author is feeding on....lining her pocket book. The real vampires are the novelists and film makers who suck the emotions from people through text and visual arts leaving them even more empty than they were before....hungry for another virtual fix...vampirism does that...thank goodness the books are a fade...in fact my European students didn't even want to write about it in my children's literature course because they found it is so unsophisticated they questioned the lack of discernment of the American teenage mind....its a fade and it will pass....that is a long run perspective....in the short run the girls will drive the star crazy...because vampirism blurs the boundaries even more...vampirism/canabalism is alive and well in the novels for the children of americas....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com