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Friday, November 07, 2008

Congratulations to Denise Juneau!

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Extending warm congratulations to Denise Juneau , who was elected to be the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Montana. She is the Dire...
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American Indians - Exit Polls

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My little sister is a first-time voter. She voted for Obama. So did my parents and my siblings and their spouses. My daughter (at Yale) spen...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Event TONITE!

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Oh dear! With the election, I lost track of an important event that I wanted to alert readers to, ahead of time. As it is, anyone who visits...
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Alexie on Obama

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Salon has a piece on their site called "The new era of Obama. Sherman Alexie, Joan Blades, Robert Dallek, Greil Marcus, Dan Savage and...
Saturday, November 01, 2008

Posters for your classroom or library

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The American Library Association has this poster available at their site . It is the art from the cover of Tim Tingle 's outstanding pic...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Alexie on Colbert Report

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If you're in Canada and unable to see the video clip above, click here .
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Copies of Tomson Highway's picture books....

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Great news! For those who act fast, that is! Lakehead University bookstore has copies of Tomson Highway's three picture b...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

American Indians and November

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With a few days left in October, librarians and teachers across the country are (likely) in the midst of planning activities about American ...
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Did Rasmussen call you?

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Rasmussen Reports called my home a few minutes ago... I guess the information I gave them will be folded into the next "Daily Presiden...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Books by and about American Indians: 2007

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According to the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin... In 2007, approximately 5000 children's ...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Following up: John Smelcer

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A colleague, Perry Nodelman, author of The Pleasures of Children's Literature (a textbook I use), has blogged about John Smelcer here .
Monday, October 13, 2008

Indigenous Languages on Indigenous Peoples Day

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Today is Indigenous Peoples Day. If you're interested in bringing a Native language into your classroom, library, home, or office, order...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

"Native Americans don't use watches"

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The clock shown here is hanging in my home. If you look closely, you'll see that the numbers are Tewa words (Tewa is the language we spe...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Slapin review of Erdrich's THE PORCUPINE YEAR

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[Note: This review may not be used elsewhere without written permission of its author, Beverly Slapin. Copyright 2008 by Beverly Slapin....
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

"READ" in Native Languages

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Last year I posted about a graphic of the word "READ" in several Native languages, developed at the Tulsa City-County Library. A ...
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Site: NativeAuthors.com

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Another source for books by Native authors is NativeAuthors.com . Below is the text on their "About Us" page. About us The Nor...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Barbara Duncan's THE ORIGIN OF THE MILKY WAY & OTHER LIVING STORIES OF THE CHEROKEE

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[Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission from its author, Beverly Slapin. Copyright 2008 by Beverly Sl...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Nicola Campbell's SHI-SHI-ETKO being adapted for film

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Nicola Campbell's terrific picture book, Shi-shi-etko , will be available as a short film! It is currently in production. Details here: ...

Nicola Campbell's SHIN-CHI'S CANOE

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Keep an eye out for Nicola Campbell's new book, Shin-chi's Canoe . Her first book, Shi-shi-etko , is astounding in so many ways, hon...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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There is a "supplier of library promotional materials and reading incentives" called Upstart that sponsors a contest called "...