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Saturday, August 19, 2006

Must-have reference books about American Indians

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There are three encyclopedia's on American Indians that every school library ought to have. Each one includes a wealth of information, m...
Friday, August 18, 2006

L. Frank Baum: Author of WIZARD OF OZ books and racist editorials on American Indians

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Most people know The Wizard of Oz books by L. Frank Baum, but not many know that Baum wrote scathingly racist newspaper columns advocating ...
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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Tribal Publishers

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I came across the bookstore for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma yesterday and saw they've got several children's books, some of whic...
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

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Native Art Posters (for teachers) from the Heard Museum On the website for the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, there is an "Educatio...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

NY Times, Tim Tingle and Marge Bruchac

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Children's books by Native authors and illustrators rarely receive attention from mainstream papers like the New York Times. So, it was...
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Monday, August 14, 2006

INDIAN BUNNY. No! Now it is BRAVE BUNNY --- And TEN LITTLE RABBITS

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A reader (Amanda) wrote to me about Indian Bunny , a picture book she found in her local public library. In the story, a bunny decides he wa...
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

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Feedback, please This request is for parents and teachers. In November I'll be at the annual conference of the National Council of Teach...
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Sunday, August 06, 2006

Arigon Starr

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Some years ago, I worked with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), reviewing and selecting proposals for their annual confere...
Saturday, August 05, 2006

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"Indian Festival" Leaving Pennsylvania today, after spending a few days in beautiful country in the NW corner, where a small town...
Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve: "...so little is known about the women."

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In Completing the Circle , Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve says "so little is known about the women." In history textbooks, and in chi...
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Saturday, July 29, 2006

"Wild Indian" stereotype

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Yesterday at the doctor's office, flipping thru magazines on the table, I was surprised to see a full page Tylenol ad on the back page o...
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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Shirley Sterling's MY NAME IS SEEPEETZA

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A reader told me about an article by Shirley Sterling, author of one of the boarding school books I wrote about yesterday. The article is a ...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

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American Indian Boarding Schools - continued Native singer/songwriter Arigon Starr heard about the critique of Rinaldi's book and wrote ...

American Indian Boarding Schools

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I think that when most people hear "boarding school," they think of elite private schools, and perhaps they think of Hogwarts (Har...
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Monday, July 24, 2006

Writing BY American Indians that isn't ABOUT American Indians

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In my work, I search for books and stories about American Indians that are written (or retold) by American Indians. I do this because it is...
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Sunday, July 23, 2006

More Board Books

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There are four additional board books by Beverly Blacksheep! They are Baby Learns about Weather , Baby Learns about Time , Baby Learns abou...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

The 1700's: Writings about Indians

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I spent the last three days studying materials in the Yale libraries. It is fascinating to do this sort of research. There is so much here...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Board Books

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In some of my posts, I talked about words like "papoose" that some (incorrectly) think are "Indian" words that all India...
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Thursday, July 13, 2006

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"Indian" words: Teaching about Indians, Part II In children's books (and TV, movies, etc.) there are many words that are used ...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

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Finding Books by Tribal Name A reader asked if there is a resource that lists recommended books by tribal nation. I don't know of such a...