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Saturday, April 04, 2009

"Worthless"

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On Thursday, I was in La Crosse, Wisconsin to give a couple of lectures in the Curriculum Center at the university. It was a great visit, an...
Thursday, April 02, 2009

Dear Penny....

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Dear Penny Pollock, I have some questions about your book, When the Moon is Full: A Lunar Year . On the page for January, you say it is &qu...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

SLJ Article: "Straight Talk on Race" by Mitali Perkins

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April 1, 2009. A new issue of School Library Journal is up. It includes "Straight Talk on Race," by Mitali Perkins. There's...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Research Study on Effects of Subtle Discrimination

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Yesterday, a comment was submitted to "Jan Brett and Sherman Alexie" posted here on December 31, 2007. In that post, I compared ...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

Erdrich's PORCUPINE YEAR in SLJ's "Battle of the (Kids') Books"

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School Library Journal launched their first annual "Battle of the (Kids') Books" today. Among the contenders for "the ...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

James Rumford's SEQUOYAH: THE CHEROKEE MAN WHO GAVE HIS PEOPLE WRITING

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[Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission from its author, Beverly Slapin. Copyright 2008 by Beverly Slap...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Chad Solomon's THE ADVENTURES OF RABBIT AND BEAR PAWS

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[Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission from its author, Beverly Slapin. Copyright 2008 by Beverly Slap...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Lecture at U Wisc La Crosse

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If you are in the area of La Crosse, Wisconsin, I'll be giving a lecture there next week. To register, contact Michele Strange at 608.78...
Monday, March 23, 2009

First Nation Communities Read

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In 2003, First Nations public librarians in Ontario launched the First Nation Communities Read program. Books considered for their annual...
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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