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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Josefina, An American Girl

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Today in class, one of my students shared a book in the American Girl "Josefina" line. The book is Welcome to Josefina's Wo...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Scieszka's ME OH MAYA and Gibson's APOCALYPTO

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Mel Gibson's film Apocalypto is about to be released. The previews promise a lot of action, and it looks like it features a lot of ster...
Monday, December 04, 2006

EdNah New Rider Weber's RATTLESNAKE MESA: STORIES FROM A NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDHOOD

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[Note: This review is used by permission of its author. It may not be published elsewhere without written permission.] ___________________...
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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Patrick Russell LeBeau's RETHINKING MICHIGAN INDIAN HISTORY

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The audience for LeBeau's Rethinking Michigan Indian History is teachers. The material in the book will be helpful to teachers in grade...
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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Dartmouth, Mascots, and Civility (or lack thereof)

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Some weeks ago I wrote about UIUC's "tacos and tequila" frat/sorority "exchange." In weeks following, we learned tha...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Montana's "Indian Education for All" program

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I've been hearing good things about Montana's "Indian Education for All" program. Essentially, it is an initiative designe...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Tim Kessler's WHEN GOD MADE THE DAKOTAS

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[Note: This review is used by permission of its authors. It may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the authors.] __...
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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Index of Books Reviewed (or otherwise referenced) in A BROKEN FLUTE: THE NATIVE EXPERIENCE IN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

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In 2005, one of the very best resources for critical reviews of book with American Indian content was published. The book is called A Broken...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

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Search terms Nothing substantive today, just offering you a glimpse of search terms by which people found the blog as of 11:30 today. The s...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Those Thanksgiving Lesson Plans

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Newspapers everywhere carry articles about Thanksgiving and how it is taught in local schools. To protect the students who played roles in t...
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Monday, November 20, 2006

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I'm adding a few images to the site. See, for example, the covers of Jingle Dancer and Where Did You Get Your Moccasins. Addition to m...
Sunday, November 19, 2006

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Muscogee (Creek) author, Cynthia Leitich Smith One of my favorite authors of children's books with Native characters is Cynthia Leitich ...
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Saturday, November 18, 2006

Bernelda Wheeler's WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MOCCASINS

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Early childhood classrooms generally have a "Show and Tell" segment of the day during which one child talks about a special item...
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Friday, November 17, 2006

Marlinda White-Kaulaity's article in ALAN REVIEW

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Thanks to Cynsations (Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog), I learned of an article I want to highlight today. The article is in ALAN Review ...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

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Joseph A. Dandurand's Please Do Not Touch the Indians [Note: This review used by permission of its author. It may not be published else...