tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post7849651829446602988..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Stereotyping, Bias, and American IndiansDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-8371818759033183932010-03-30T18:50:18.081-05:002010-03-30T18:50:18.081-05:00Hi Danielle,
You might want to take a look at the...Hi Danielle,<br /><br />You might want to take a look at the Hopi Tribe's statements on intellectual property. I blogged about it here:<br /><br />http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2008/01/tribal-protocols-regarding-research.htmlDebbie Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-64559903311259287552010-03-30T18:42:39.201-05:002010-03-30T18:42:39.201-05:00Thanks for the head up about this discussion! I...Thanks for the head up about this discussion! I'm writing my final paper for one of my LIS classes on Native American stereotypes and if they deserve protection under intellectual freedom. Hopefully this discussion will provide me with even more resources!Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-66298909708202015852010-03-24T14:24:20.420-05:002010-03-24T14:24:20.420-05:00Yes, it does. The Native people in the book are Pu...Yes, it does. The Native people in the book are Pueblo Indians. (I'm Nambe Pueblo Indian.) <br /><br />From page 105:<br /><br />"Bernard also laughed; after two grammes of sima the joke seemed, for some reason, good. Laughed and then, almost immediately, dropped off to seep, and sleeping was carried over Taos and Tesuque; over Nambe and Picuris and Pojoaque, over Sia and Cochiti, over Laguna and Acoma and the Enchanted Mesa, over Zuni and Cibola and Ojo Caliente, and woke at last to find the machine standing on the ground, Lenina carrying the suit-cases into a small square house, and the Gamma-green octoroon talking incomprehensibly with a young Indian."Debbie Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-12342778815315496962010-03-24T14:13:11.262-05:002010-03-24T14:13:11.262-05:00This kind of change may have to to happen one scho...This kind of change may have to to happen one school at a time. This week a group of parents met with staff of a "progressive" Seattle Public School to discuss the appropriateness of using Brave New World as a required text for 10th graders. This text repeatedly and casually refers to AI people as dirty savages. Unconscionable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com