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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Thanksgiving in YA National Book Award

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Editors Note on Feb 25, 2018: Please see my  apology  about promoting Alexie's work. --Debbie ~~~~ Sherman Alexie won the Natio...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

"read" in Native Languages

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Tulsa City-County Library has given permission for people to use this graphic for educational, non-commercial purposes. If you have question...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Good Books about Thanksgiving

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I've had a lot of email of late... People want me to recommend good books about Thanksgiving. There's only a handful of ones that...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Books Reviewed in THROUGH INDIAN EYES

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In the 1990s during graduate school, I read a book called Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children . Prior to grad ...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

American Indians and Bias in Cataloging (Shelving)

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I've had a couple of questions lately, about shelving of books about American Indians. It led me to ask my colleagues in the American In...
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Friday, November 09, 2007

Eve Bunting's CHEYENNE AGAIN

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Below is a review of Eve Bunting's book, Cheyenne Again . The review is written by Beverly Slapin at Oyate, a Native not-for-profit org...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

The word "read" in Native languages

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Was reading Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog this morning and saw this graphic. Isn't it nifty? If you click on the graphic, a larger ...
Sunday, November 04, 2007

Stereotypes, Children's Books, and the Mental Health and Well Being of ALL Children

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Earlier this morning I listened to a speech (on the radio) given by a clinical psychologist to an audience in Indiana. He was there to talk ...
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Friday, November 02, 2007

CD: Native Writers Read Their Work

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Available from the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) at the Smithsonian Institution is a wonderful CD called Pulling Down the C...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

Thanksgiving Picture Books: THANKSGIVING MICE

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Earlier this week I visited a local public library to take a look at their picture books with the word "Thanksgiving" in the title...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Halloween, 2007

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I was asked, recently, if it would be ok if a person wanted to dress like Pocahontas for Halloween, but that they'd make sure every deta...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

NEA's "Native American Booklist"

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A friend wrote to ask me about NEA's "Native American Booklist." (Update: Wed, Oct 31, 2007... Here's the link to the book...
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Monday, October 29, 2007

A Teacher's Thoughts on "squaw" in 4th Grade Classroom

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My post about "squaw" and "the only good Indian is a dead Indian" in historical fiction was much-discussed on YALSA (YA...
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Friday, October 26, 2007

Pueblo Indians and Catholic Missionaries

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I got an email from someone who read my post yesterday about kachinas in The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Pinata for a Pinon Tree . He noted ...
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Thursday, October 25, 2007

The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Pinata for the Pinon Tree

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It is generally poor form to comment on a book that you have not seen, so I'm sure to get criticized for doing so today... A reader wrot...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Elementary School Lesson Plans on American Indians

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Are you looking for lesson plans that incorporate American Indians? With Thanksgiving approaching, teachers across the country are getti...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Documentary: WAY OF THE WARRIOR

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A documentary produced by Patty Loew, a colleague at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be broadcast in the coming weeks on PBS. Titl...
Monday, October 22, 2007

The word "squaw" in SIGN OF THE BEAVER

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The word "squaw" is commonly used in place of the word "woman" in historical fiction for children. I wonder if its entra...
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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Halloween Costumes

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With Halloween approaching, a lot of people---teachers, parents, students, children---are thinking about what they will "be" this ...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

2008 Lacapa Spirit Prize - Call for submissions

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The Lacapa Spirit Prize --- a literary prize for children's books about the peoples, cultures, and landscape of the southwest --- is acc...