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Friday, December 28, 2007

Christians and Indians: Comenius and Alexie

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Over on the email discussion list for YALSA-BK (an ALA listserv for people who work with young adult literature), there is a discussion goin...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

A reader's response to MIKO KINGS

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Last week I posted a link to an article about LeAnne Howe's Miko Kings . That post generated this comment from Jean Mendoza: The arti...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

VISIONMAKER VIDEO

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Pointing you, today, to an excellent source for videos (VHS and DVD) by and about American Indians. That source is VisionMaker Video , a ser...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Article re LeAnne Howe's MIKO KINGS

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Some weeks back I wrote about Miko Kings , a new novel written by Choctaw author, LeAnne Howe. Inside Illinois ran a story about it in Nove...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

An Open Letter to Marion Boyars Publishers (London)

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In October, I received an email from a pre-service student in Nebraska. She asked me to help her get word out about a book she came across ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

An Open Letter to Jan Brett

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Below is a letter to Jan Brett regarding her new book Three Snow Bears . The letter is written by Theresa Seidel. ____________________ An Op...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Devon A. Mihesuah's AMERICAN INDIANS: STEREOTYPES & REALITIES

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Published in 1996, Mihesuah's book, American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities has, fortunately, been reprinted several times. Study...
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Friday, December 14, 2007

Beginnings

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Below is my first post to this blog, dated May 8, 2006. In preparing an article about my work as a blogger, I am revisiting--in my memory an...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Ann Turner's SITTING BULL REMEMBERS

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[This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission of Beverly Slapin of Oyate.] -------------------- Turner, Ann, Sittin...
Monday, December 10, 2007

News: Van Camp's WELCOME SONG FOR BABY

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Richard Van Camp's Welcome Song for Baby: A Lullaby for Newborns will be given to every newborn baby born in British Columbia in 2008. ...
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Graham Greene's comment on stereotypes/appropriation

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Graham Greene is Oneida, and is, perhaps, the most recognizable Native actor in film and TV today. In this clip I found on YouTube, he offer...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Out of Print: LESS THAN HALF, MORE THAN WHOLE

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Sadly, another excellent book about American Indians is out of print... Michael Lacapa's Less Than Half, More Than Whole . You can get...
Monday, December 03, 2007

Richard Van Camp's WELCOME SONG FOR BABY: A LULLABY FOR NEWBORNS

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Several months ago, I learned from Richard Van Camp that he had a board book in the works. It is out now, but you can't get it from Or...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

THE STORY OF THE MILKY WAY: A CHEROKEE TALE by Bruchac, Ross, and Stroud

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Update on Sep 30 2023: I (Debbie Reese) no longer recommend Bruchac's work. For details see  Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki?  Because t...
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

Alexie on Charlie Rose, 1998

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Editors Note on Feb 25, 2018: Please see my  apology  about promoting Alexie's work. --Debbie Knowing teachers spend a fair amount of ...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Interview with Richard Van Camp

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More than once on this blog, I've written about Richard Van Camp's books for children and young adults. Two are picture books: A Man...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

"I" is for Inclusion

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At their website , the American Indian Library Association recently uploaded "I is for Inclusion." Prepared by Naomi Caldwell, G...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Cynthia Leitich Smith: LOC Webcast

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Wondering if there were any videos on-line of Cynthia Leitich Smith, I did a bit of web searching and found one! In 2002, she was speaking a...
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Alexie on YouTube re DIARY

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This is a must-view clip on YouTube. It was filmed November 3rd, when Alexie was in Texas for the Texas Book Festival. He was on a panel of ...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

A Native Astronaut & A Native Writer

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I imagine the man who drive my cab in NYC Thursday night would be surprised to know that Commander John Herrington, who flew on the space sh...