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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Thanksgiving Greeting Cards and Amelia Bedelia

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While out shopping at Target for a birthday gift this morning for my little buddy Santi, I paused at the greeting card section to see what t...

Event: American Identity in Children's Literature

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On Saturday, December 13, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm, I will be in Chicago at the Newberry Library , participating in a symposium called American Ide...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Cynthia Leitich Smith interviews Drew Hayden Taylor

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Click on over to Cynsations to read Cynthia's interview of Drew Hayden Taylor. He wrote a young adult novel that I came across last Ma...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

"Focus On" column at School Library Journal (Nov 2008)

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Two years ago, the University of Illinois's Board of Trustees voted to rid UIUC of its mascot, "Chief Illiniwek." Students an...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Reflections from students

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In my course at UIUC, students are reading children’s books about American Indians. They’re also reading reviews in mainstream journals, cus...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

"Living Stories" at Oyate

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New at the Oyate website is a page full of stories written by Native people. Stories worth reading--especially this month--because they spe...
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Sunday, November 09, 2008

Rigoberta Menchu's three books

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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. A...
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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...