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Showing posts with label biography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biography. Show all posts
Monday, November 29, 2021

Highly Recommended! CLASSIFIED:THE SECRET CAREER OF MARY GOLDA ROSS, CHEROKEE AEROSPACE ENGINEER, by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan

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  Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer Written by Traci Sorell (Cherokee) Illustrated by Natasha Do...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher

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   Charles Albert Bender: National Hall of Fame Pitcher  Written by Kade Ferris (Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Canadian Metis descent) Illust...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Highly Recommended! PEGGY FLANAGAN: OGIMAA KWE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

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On March 24th, Jean posted her review of Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector. It is one of three terrific books published by the Mi...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Recommended: Ella Cara Deloria, Dakota Language Protector

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  Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector Written by Diane Wilson (Dakota) Illustrations by Tashia Hart (Red Lake Anishinaabe) Publishe...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Recommended: SPOTTED TAIL by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

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Nineteenth-century Sicangu Lakota leader Spotted Tail (Sinte Gleska) is the subject of a new biography for middle grades, by David Heska W...
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Sunday, December 02, 2018

Recommended: UNPRESIDENTED: A BIOGRAPHY OF DONALD TRUMP by Martha Brockenbrough

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I haven't done a rigorous study of biographies of US presidents. The ones I have looked at over the years are lacking in one way or anot...
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Friday, November 09, 2018

Native Trailblazers, or In Search of “500 Brave Native Americans”

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Grandson Will, age 8, sings along to Pete Seeger at the top of his lungs: “’Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo. 500 b...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Recommended! Art Coulson's UNSTOPPABLE: HOW JIM THORPE AND THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM DEFEATED ARMY

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Note from Debbie on Nov 28, 2023: Due to  my concerns over Art Coulson's claim of being Cherokee , I am no longer recommending his books...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Highly Recommended: THE WATER WALKER written and illustrated by Joanne Robertson

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Often, people write to ask me for books about Native people who are activists, or who might be involved in, or organizing, actions of some k...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Debbie--have you seen S.D. Nelson's SITTING BULL: LAKOTA WARRIOR AND DEFENDER OF HIS PEOPLE

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Last year, I referenced S. D. Nelson's Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People in an article I did for School Library Jo...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Sebastian Robertson's ROCK & ROLL HIGHWAY: THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON STORY

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Decades ago--and now, too--I revel in the music of The Band. I was amongst those who went to see the film The Last Waltz. Of course, I bough...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Was Paul Goble adopted into the Yakima and Sioux tribes?

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Within the framework of children's books, one thought that comes to mind when I hear the word "adopted" is Paul Goble. Let me ...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

NATIVE WRITERS: VOICES OF POWER, by Kim Sigafus and Lyle Ernst

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Editors note on Oct 2, 2018: This volume includes Joseph Boyden, a writer whose claim to Native identity has been challenged. When that news...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

BUFFALO BIRD GIRL: A HIDATSA STORY, by S.D. Nelson

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The subject of most biographies of Native women are Pocahontas and Sacajawea. I did a search of the Comprehensive Children's Literature...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Initial Thoughts: Capaldi's A BOY NAMED BECKONING: THE TRUE STORY OF DR. CARLOS MONTEZUMA, NATIVE AMERICAN HERO

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On page 3 of Gina Capaldi's A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero is her Author's Not...
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