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Saturday, March 21, 2009

EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE in Alexie's INDIAN KILLER

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In Sherman Alexie's novel, Indian Killer , Marie is a college student enrolled in a Native lit course taught by Dr. Mather. She is Nativ...

Oliver La Farge's LAUGHING BOY

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People write to me, asking about La Farge's portrayal of American Indians---in this case, Navajos in his Laughing Boy . Published in 192...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Junk Food and Stereotypical Images of Indians: Bad for you!

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Verla Kay's BROKEN FEATHER

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Verla Kay's Broken Feather (published in 2002 by Putnam), got mixed reviews. The review by School Library Journal's , S. K. Joiner ...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Cultural Knowledge

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The New York Times is running a series called "Where Education and Assimilation Collide." It caught my eye because, to many Ameri...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Freedman's WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE

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Theresa Sidel, a colleague in the American Indian Library Association, wrote to me, noting passages in Freedman's Washington at Valley F...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Effects of American Indian stereotypes

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In several places on American Indians in Children's Literature and in my writing, I reference resolutions of the American Sociological A...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Willow (from Buffy) on Columbus Day and Thanksgiving

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Willow (Buffy's friend in Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and her mother do not celebrate Columbus Day or Thanksgiving. "It's a sham...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

YUROK, by Barbara A. Gray-Kanatiiosh

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[Editor's Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without the written permission of Marlette Grant-Jackson at Humboldt Univ...
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