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Friday, June 06, 2008

What do Native writers write about?

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An observation: Most of the books written by Native writers are about Native people of the present day. There's a few works of historica...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

First Nations Fantasy by Daniel Heath Justice

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Within Native Studies, there are a lot of awesome people. Daniel Heath Justice is among them. He teaches in the Centre for Aboriginal In...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

TWILIGHT/Treaties

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In drafting yesterday's post, some information on treaties dropped out, so I'm posting that now. Treaties are agreements between sta...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Meyer's Twilight: second post

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A few days ago, I posted passages from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight . Passages of the Native content in the book... I talked about the Q...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

New blog: Deborah Miranda

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In December of 2006, I posted a review of Deborah Miranda's book, The Zen of La Llorona (click here to read the review.) Take a look a...
Friday, May 23, 2008

Interview: Veronica Tsinajinnie

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In April, Veronica Tsinajinnie was awarded the 2008 Lacapa Spirit Prize for her story, Jóhonaa’éí: Bringer of Dawn. According to its websit...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Stereotypes of Australia's Indigenous Population

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The United States is not alone in its misrepresentation of its Native population. Take a look at " Prejudice in children's books &q...
Monday, May 19, 2008

Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT

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Many people have written to ask me about a young adult novel called Twilight . Written by Stephanie Meyer, Twilight is the first book in th...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Video: I'M NOT THE INDIAN YOU HAD IN MIND

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Got the review (below) yesterday... Sounds terrific, and with its length of five minutes, would work well in a classroom, leaving time for...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

"I" Still Isn't for Indian, by Nina Lindsay

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In November, 2003, School Library Journal published an article by Nina Lindsay. Called "I" Still Isn't for Indian , Nina'...
Saturday, May 10, 2008

Response from Ben Mikaelsen re TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR

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Over on the listserv for California's librarians, I posted my critique of Touching Spirit Bear . It sparked some discussion. The modera...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008

Resources for Evaluating Tlingit Content in TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR

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Teachers and librarians looking for resources to evaluate the Tlingit content in Touching Spirit Bear can use the items listed below. Thes...