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Showing posts with label Native language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Native language. Show all posts
Saturday, June 04, 2022

Centering and Featuring Native Languages

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In 2007 I saw a graphic that--at the time--I felt was terrific. I shared it everywhere. Created by the Tulsa City-County Library, it had the...
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Monday, May 23, 2022

Highly Recommended: IT'S A MITIG by Bridget George

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It's A Mitig! Written and illustrated by Bridget George (Kettle & Stony Point First Nation) Published by Douglas and McIntyre Publis...
Saturday, March 09, 2019

Recommended! AJIJAAK/CRANE by Cecilia Rose LaPointe; illustrations by Dolly Peltier; translation by Margaret Noodin

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In 2018, Ajijaak/Crane was published by Waub Ajijaak Press , in Manistee, Michigan. Written by Cecilia Rose LaPointe, illustrated by Dolly P...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Highly Recommended! Kiss by Kiss/Ocêtôwina: A Counting Book for Families, by Richard Van Camp

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You know how some things are so dear that you hold that thing close to your heart and give it a squeeze? Every year, Richard Van Camp create...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

DRAGONFLY KITES, written by Tomson Highway; illustrated by Julie Flett

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Terrific news! Tomson Highway's Dragonfly Kites  is available again--this time with art by Julie Flett! Fifteen years ago, I learn...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Recommended: CELEBRATE MY HOPI CORN and CELEBRATE MY HOPI TOYS

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My grandfather, Rex Sotero Calvert, was Hopi. We never called him grandpa or grandfather. We called him Thehtay, which is the Tewa word for ...
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Monday, November 09, 2015

THE APPLE TREE by Sandy Tharp-Thee and Marlena Campbell Hodson

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I am happy to recommend  The Apple Tree  by Sandy Tharpe-Thee and Marlena Campbell Hodson. Published this year by Road Runner Press, the st...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Mass Media Fail(s): Describing Indian man's singing as "chants" and "yowls" and "wails"

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Yowls? Chant? Wail?!! This is a wild guess, but I wonder... When they were kids, did  Dina Capiello of the Associated Press, Andrew Kirel...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Boarding school video available: SHI-SHI-ETKO

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Several times on American Indians in Children's Literature , I've written about Nicola Campbell's outstanding picture book about...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Beverly Blacksheep's Board Books

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I'm currently doing some research on board books by Native authors...  Ones that feature Native children, or stories, or concept boo...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Indigenous Languages on Indigenous Peoples Day

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Today is Indigenous Peoples Day. If you're interested in bringing a Native language into your classroom, library, home, or office, order...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

"Native Americans don't use watches"

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The clock shown here is hanging in my home. If you look closely, you'll see that the numbers are Tewa words (Tewa is the language we spe...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

"READ" in Native Languages

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Last year I posted about a graphic of the word "READ" in several Native languages, developed at the Tulsa City-County Library. A ...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

"read" in Native Languages

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Tulsa City-County Library has given permission for people to use this graphic for educational, non-commercial purposes. If you have question...
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