tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post5840156647208104746..comments2024-03-17T16:24:40.322-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Books by Walter D. EdmondsDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-10255882528057681512009-03-01T18:45:00.000-06:002009-03-01T18:45:00.000-06:00What did you think of the movie? I thought it was...What did you think of the movie? I thought it was better than some of the Westerns I've seen. The Indians were stereotypical, but at least they weren't all evil.<BR/><BR/>Naturally I wouldn't recommend this movie for use in the classroom. Nor the book, based on your description of it. Not unless the goal was to dissect the stereotypes in American fiction.<BR/><BR/>P.S. It was Henry Fonda, not Peter.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-15371691791248168502009-02-26T22:00:00.000-06:002009-02-26T22:00:00.000-06:00Matchlock Gun is one of those very, very toxic boo...Matchlock Gun is one of those very, very toxic books that probably would have passed into well-deserved oblivion if not for the boost from "We the People". So maybe we could interpret that fact as evidence that the book is being used by an agency with government funding to maintain the dominant colonialist narrative of white supremacy. Intentionally or not -- but considering that good books with more realistic, positive images of Native people were available for the "We the People" committee to include, they couldn't have chosen a worse set of images of Native Americans if they were trying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com