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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Paulette Molin's AMERICAN INDIAN THEMES IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

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Yesterday I posted an essay by my colleague, Paulette F. Molin, about activities found in the American Automobile Association's magazine...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Stereotypes in AAA's magazine

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Today, I am pleased to share an essay written by Paulette F. Molin. Paulette is on the board of directors for Wordcraft Circle , and is an e...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Addition to the site

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Meyer's Twilight , Mikaelsen's Spirit Bear , Alexie's Diary . These and other books get a lot of attention on this site. To help...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Another award for Alexie's YA Novel

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Editors Note on Feb 25, 2018: Please see my  apology  about promoting Alexie's work. --Debbie ~~~~ Roger Sutton, editor at Horn B...
Monday, June 16, 2008

Slapin's review of Landman's APACHE GIRL WARRIOR

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As indicated in my previous post on this book, I asked Beverly Slapin about Landman's book. She sent this review. [Note: This review ma...
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Debbie's thoughts on Tanya Landman's APACHE: GIRL WARRIOR

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A colleague wrote to ask if I know anything about a book called Apache: Girl Warrior , by a British writer named Tanya Landman. The book was...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

2008 Children's Literature Association Conference

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I spent the last couple of days at the 2008 Children's Literature Association (ChLA) Conference. I met many people (professors) with wh...
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Tlingit Elder's Comments on Ben Mikaelsen's TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR: "I can just picture Tlingit kids being very, very embarrassed."

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Eds. note: These comments about Mikaelson's Touching Spirit Bear were submitted to American Indians in Children's Literature by Tli...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Evangeline Parsons Yazzie's DZANI YAZHI NAAZBAA'/LITTLE WOMAN WARRIOR WHO CAME HOME: A STORY OF THE NAVAJO LONG WALK

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[This review may not be used (published elsewhere, online or in print) without written permission of its author, Beverly Slapin.] Yazzie, Ev...
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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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