tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post8271262136370297539..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Writers: Do not do a Peter Nabokov! Please respect tribal nations and our protocols. Debbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-4981419236617683722016-04-23T19:14:59.430-05:002016-04-23T19:14:59.430-05:00Nabokov started off his career with interest in Na...Nabokov started off his career with interest in Native American History but as he got older and bounced from one University to another he simply started grabbing for anything. This is someone who openly rejected his own history at a book-signing as "not important" with his signature condescending hand gesture and laugh. As a tutor at the college he had his book-signing at I was embarrassed, especially since the question about his own background was asked with genuine interest by a Native American . Native Americans have kept Mr. Nabokov employed for most of his life in one way or another as he pulled endless amounts of grant money from various Universities to go gallivanting around the world under the pretenses of "work". He spoke very openly about his scam as a source of amusement over the years. I'm not at all surprised he did this toward the end of his career as he is a supremely arrogant man. I'm sorry the Acoma have to go through this violation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-69046491264290659322015-10-03T22:51:06.611-05:002015-10-03T22:51:06.611-05:00I think you misunderstand Nabakov. He is republis...I think you misunderstand Nabakov. He is republishing something that is all ready published, not exploitively, but in respect. I do Free he should have waited for Aroma review, but as a historian, Nabakov is one of the best and one of the most respectful and he has been doing this a very long time.snowpupy92000https://www.blogger.com/profile/12373974976769798887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-64150545672729883242015-09-28T15:21:58.116-05:002015-09-28T15:21:58.116-05:00There is no excuse for Nabakov. As a prof of India...There is no excuse for Nabakov. As a prof of Indian Studies, he knew what he was doing. Even the title of his book is insulting. Does he refer to the Christian's origin story as a "Myth"? Of course not. This guy is a bigot. Boycott the book.Charlotte Hunter-Copper, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05225860083816924402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-915070125739323962015-09-26T09:34:15.393-05:002015-09-26T09:34:15.393-05:00Hi, Debbie. Late last night, I read Governor Vallo...Hi, Debbie. Late last night, I read Governor Vallo’s statement in The New Mexican and the public statement issued by the Pueblo of Acoma. Then I read Nabokov’s introduction to his new book (online). What Nabokov—professor of American Indian Studies and World Arts at UCLA—has done is an extension of colonialism, an extension of Manifest Destiny. Whatever they want, they take. I’m glad that you and the people of Acoma are pushing back against this latest iteration of white privilege and white power. Beverly Slapinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12822325956522105620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-35951604216923276242015-09-26T09:06:56.346-05:002015-09-26T09:06:56.346-05:00Thanks so much for writing about this, Debbie. Tha...Thanks so much for writing about this, Debbie. Thankfully, we are seeing fewer of these sorts of stories published for children than we used to, but I would hope every author (or would-be author) will find and follow your sound advice. <br /><br />K T Horninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505891463218329510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-15650308179125273032015-09-25T10:22:20.065-05:002015-09-25T10:22:20.065-05:00Such a violation. White privilege -- that mistaken...Such a violation. White privilege -- that mistaken belief of 'knowing best'-- is so very wrong, so immoral. Thanks for bringing attention to this. Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.com