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Showing posts with label playing Indian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playing Indian. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Native? Or, not? -- A Resource List

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Dear AICL Reader, Some of you are aware of the ongoing conversations about claims to being Native. A high profile case right now is Michelle...
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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Beverly Slapin's review of JUAN PABLO AND THE BUTTERFLIES

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Back in June, a reader wrote to ask me about Juan Pablo and the Butterflies by J. J. Flowers. I did a "have you seen" post about i...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

POPCORN by Frank Asch

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Eds. Note on July 31, 2017: This racist book is now available as a board book for the youngest readers. Racism sells.  Eds. Note on March 11...
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Friday, November 01, 2013

Vanity Fair's "Favorite" Halloween Costumes

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Having my coffee this morning, my twitter feed included a link to a Vanity Fair slideshow of "favorite" costumes at an event tha...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

"Benny's Wigwam" by Mrs. Mary Catherine Lee

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In 1883, D. Lothrop & Company published a book called Wide Awake Pleasure Book  consisting of several volumes of a children's magazi...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Dorothy Kunhardt and Garth Williams' ROGER MOUSE'S WISH

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Editor's Update, 6:30 PM on April 10, 2013: Mary sent me text and scans of three pages of Roger Mouse's Wish. I've inserted th...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Dear John Segal, author of PIRATES DON'T TAKE BATHS

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On AICL, there's a page of " the foul among the good " that catalogs books in which Native people are stereotyped, objectified...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

"This is Not Who I Am, And this is Not OK"

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Last year, students in Ohio University's S*T*A*R*S (Students Teaching About Racism in Society) student group launched a campaign to push...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Stereotypes and the Canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha

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Catholics and a great many Native people know that Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized a few hours ago in Rome. She is now a saint. Some news st...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Day three with Karen Russell's SWAMPLANDIA!

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Editor's note: I finished reading Russell's book. I do not recommend it. I do not recommend playing Indian, in fact or fiction.  ...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Day Two with Russell's SWAMPLANDIA

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Editor's note: I finished reading Russell's book. I do not recommend it. I do not recommend playing Indian, in fact or fiction.  ...
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