tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post382971493391865429..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): I AM NOT A NUMBER, by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy KacerDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-44097176796663189642016-06-17T09:32:40.849-05:002016-06-17T09:32:40.849-05:00This is such a tragic story but books such as thes...This is such a tragic story but books such as these are certainly important to add to a collection. My family believes my great-great grandmother may have been a Native person who was taken away and given to a white family to raise. She later married one of their sons. <br /><br />There are people even today who would believe that taking children away from their parents in order to "assimilate or civilize them" is perfectly acceptable. Sadly, there was such a case in my state a few years ago in which a nurse trumped up accusations of child abuse/endangerment/unfit parent against a woman from South America who spoke neither English nor Spanish but a Native American language. The state took her baby away and she did not get her child back until her daughter was 12 months old. It's outrageous that this nurse abused her position and took advantage of a person who could not defend herself nor find legal representation (that is, someone who could understand and speak her language) easily. To think of the time spent bonding lost between this woman and her child just sickens me.<br /><br />Thank you for your review, Ms. Reese. I look forward to reading it.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874411356817195763noreply@blogger.com