tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post8882839791149272718..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Debbie--have you seen BLOOD MOON: AN AMERICAN EPIC OF WAR AND SPLENDOR IN THE CHEROKEE NATION by John Sedgwick?Debbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-36671340071535567492018-04-19T11:28:21.523-05:002018-04-19T11:28:21.523-05:00What bothers me is that the author says that he ha...What bothers me is that the author says that he has consulted experts. I have read this in many books, and I just assumed the experts' opinions of what needed to be amended in a book to make it correct was actually done. Now, I realize that I need to be more discerning when I read. As an older white female, I often miss some of the stereotypes in a work that Debbie Reese has discussed in various blog posts. For this particular book, the author's note to me was glaring in its depiction of stereotypes and so unacceptable in this day and age. I can't believe he said those things and the publisher let him get away with it. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028678787164951183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-91411572165073513332018-04-12T13:44:46.193-05:002018-04-12T13:44:46.193-05:00Jean, yeah, agree.
My brain wants to irreverentl...Jean, yeah, agree. <br /><br />My brain wants to irreverently scream "real cultures ARE NOT KLINGONS."Ava Jarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777180628319261015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-20142245851905638062018-04-12T13:17:03.912-05:002018-04-12T13:17:03.912-05:00Random thoughts -- The "Warrior culture"...Random thoughts -- The "Warrior culture" idea sure seems to resonate with some people, but it's an inadequate, one-sided concept for describing complex human organizations, including the Cherokee Nation. Food is necessary in any culture, and war-making doesn't get crops cultivated and preserved for human consumption. War-making doesn't resolve a community's internal problems; the Cherokee had a system for taking care of internal disputes and addressing issues. And so on. To call the Cherokee a warrior culture is to obscure the whole by focusing on a part -- (perhaps the only part that's of interest to some non-Cherokee individuals, but still that's really no excuse).<br /> Jean Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082939369068823250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-15639971185957594322018-04-12T11:41:57.232-05:002018-04-12T11:41:57.232-05:00My response: *facepalm* into infinity. Also, rage?...My response: *facepalm* into infinity. Also, rage? Currently the rage is not very interesting to others, but might become coherent enough to put together a meaningful comment after several weeks.<br />Ava Jarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777180628319261015noreply@blogger.com