tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post399338342640262758..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Barbara Cooney's MISS RUMPHIUSDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-26277807802767882122009-05-01T18:32:00.000-05:002009-05-01T18:32:00.000-05:00On the other blog someone commented that they were...On the other blog someone commented that they were "shocked" to see cigar store indians in the story. My response is "Why would you be shocked?" They were something that was rather common back when the book was set. I don't see the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-63089987282630204702009-05-01T14:46:00.000-05:002009-05-01T14:46:00.000-05:00One book can't do anything all by itself, but it d...One book can't do anything all by itself, but it dovetails with a lot of other similar representations that seem to go unnoticed. <br /><br />These fit into the positive, noble Indian stereotype. There are cigar store Indians today, in restaurants and cigar stores, and some of you may remember seeing one in an episode of Seinfeld.Debbie Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-22533224247926466892009-05-01T14:13:00.000-05:002009-05-01T14:13:00.000-05:00Don't know how to think about this one. I gather i...Don't know how to think about this one. I gather it's more or less really about her Great Aunt Alice. http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/bcooney.html<br />She could have left her multi-great grandfather's cigar store figures out of her story, but probably didn't invent them gratuitously. We can't know what she might show if she were drawing it today. <br /><br />If you noticed them, so will other Native American parents and children. I sure didn't, but I came to the book as an adult. Do you think it is harming the subliminal awareness of non-native kids?Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560230947188469053noreply@blogger.com