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Friday, December 29, 2006

Richard Van Camp's THE LESSER BLESSED

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Books for young adults are often unsettling to adults who think teens are growing up too fast. These adults are uncomfortable with novels a...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Deborah Miranda's, THE ZEN OF LA LLORONA

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[Note: This review is used here by permission of its author, Beverly Slapin. It may not be published elsewhere without the author's writ...
Saturday, December 16, 2006

Presentation of 2006 American Book Awards

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Yesterday (December 15th), the Before Columbus Foundation presented the American Book Awards for 2006. This purpose of the award is to ackno...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Joseph Medicine Crow's COUNTING COUP: BECOMING A CROW CHIEF ON THE RESERVATION AND BEYOND

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Simon Ortiz's THE PEOPLE SHALL CONTINUE

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"The People looked around them and they saw Black People, Chicano People, Asian People, many White People and others who were kept poo...
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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 It may not be published elsewhere without written permission.]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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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...