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Friday, September 15, 2006

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Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire Two weeks ago, I shared a little history about UIUC's American Indian Studies program, and I talk...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Laura Ingalls Wilder's LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

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Yesterday's assigned reading for students in my class at UIUC was Little House on the Prairie. Most of the students read the book in ch...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

A Review of Nicola Campbell's SHI-SHI-ETKO

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[Note: This review is used with permission of its author, by Beverly Slapin of Oyate. It may not be used elsewhere without her written pe...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Native Americans: Lesson Plans

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With Thanksgiving approaching, teachers across the country are getting ready to teach children about Native Americans. Unfortunately, far to...
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Friday, September 08, 2006

Tintin in America

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Yesterday's assignment in my class at UIUC was for each student to bring a children's book about American Indians to class. I'll...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

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American Indian Library Association’s “American Indian Youth Literature Award” For many years, individuals with the American Indian Li...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD, Review by Beverly Slapin

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[Note: Yesterday’s post (written by Jean Mendoza) was about a children's book called They Were Strong and Good . Today, you can read Bev...
Monday, September 04, 2006

Jean Mendoza: Reflections on THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD

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[Note: Today’s post is by Jean Mendoza, professor in Early Childhood Education at Millikin University in Decatur , Illinois . Jean and I...
Friday, September 01, 2006

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LeAnne Howe, American Indian Studies at UIUC Since the late 1980s, Native American students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

One family's experience with THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE

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A reader of "American Indians in Children's Literature" wrote to me, describing her daughter's experiences with The Educat...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Cooperative Children's Book Center: Books By and About American Indians

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The School of Education at the University of Wisconsin is home to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) . At CCBC, they devote ...
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Monday, August 28, 2006

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Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures The Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL) began publish...
Friday, August 25, 2006

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Are you reading "American Indians in Children's Literature" in Finland? Italy? According to the stats report of the blog, read...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Forrest Carter's EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE

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Most people are surprised to learn that the author of The Education of Little Tree is Asa Carter, the former Klansman and speech writer for...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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Critical Literacy Podcast I'm taking time this morning to listen to the Critical Literacy in Practice (CLIP) podcast. It is far easier...
Monday, August 21, 2006

INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD series by Lynne Reid Banks

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The software that monitors traffic on my site includes a list of words and phrases people use that bring them to American Indians in Childre...
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Sunday, August 20, 2006

A Review of Ruth Bornstein's BRAVE BUNNY

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[Note: Beverly Slapin at Oyate compared Indian Bunny and Brave Bunny (for background see the blog post on August 14, 2006). She sent her r...
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...