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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Home for awhile, racial profiling, an upcoming essay...

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I've been home for awhile, at Nambe Pueblo, and am now back at work in Illinois. Postings to American Indians in Children's Literatu...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

New book: SIMON J. ORTIZ: A POETIC LEGACY OF INDIGENOUS CONTINUANCE

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Today's post is about a new book, Simon J. Ortiz: A Poetic Legacy of Indigenous Continuance . I bought a copy last week... Daughter Liz ...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Bad Indians, a poem by Ryan Red Corn

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This is an awesome video. Use it with students in high school English classes, film, social studies, social justice courses... [Note: If yo...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Carolyn Dunn on COYOTE SPEAKS

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As readers of American Indians in Children's Literature know, I have strong feelings about retellings of Native story, especially when ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Patricia Wrede's THE THIRTEENTH CHILD

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I am getting a lot of email asking if I've read Wrede's new book, The Thirteenth Child . People are sending me links to discussions...
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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Carved Indian statue at welcome rest area, I80, PA

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I'm on the road, en route to get my daughter from end-of-year at college. Yesterday, I entered Pennsylvania and stopped at the &...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Missy Whiteman's Video: Indigenous Holocaust

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Stunning video and commentary about boarding schools... Created by Missy Whiteman, titled Indigenous Holocaust . If you teach Shirley Sterli...
Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Brianne Grant's thesis on Education in YA Lit

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Back on July 9th, 2007 , I blogged about Brianne Grant's article "Opening the Cache of Canadian Secrets: The Residential School Exp...
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Friday, May 01, 2009

Barbara Cooney's MISS RUMPHIUS

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Though it is much loved and winner of an American Book Award, every time I think of Barbara Cooney's Miss Rumphius , the image that I re...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Poems: WHEN THE RAIN SINGS

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The National Museum of the American Indian has published some excellent books. Sometime back I wrote about their Do All Indians Live in Tip...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Louise Erdrich - 2009 Commencement Address at Dartmouth

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Add this to your Author Study file of Louise Erdrich! She's giving the 2009 Commencement Address at Dartmouth. She will also be given an...

News: Alexie working on sequel to ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY

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Editors Note on Feb 25, 2018: Please see my  apology  about promoting Alexie's work. --Debbie ~~~~ Fans of Sherman Alexie's T...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Slapin's HOW TO WRITE A CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE (FOR FUN AND PROFIT)

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Below is a satirical essay by Beverly Slapin. She's provided me with several of these. They are, individually and collectively, outstand...

Slapin's review of Rourke's NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Read Slapin's review below, AND make sure to read her work of satire, How to Write a Children's Encyclopedia of Native American Hi...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

News about Cynthia Leitich Smith's JINGLE DANCER

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Jingle Dancer , one of my favorite picture books is in its 18th printing! Congratulations, Cyn! Here's some links: Jingle Dancer Curric...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Native musician: Darryl Tonemah

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Take a listen to Darryl Tonemah! The clip is from a performance he gave at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, August 2008. If you're ...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Books by and about American Indians: 2008

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The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison publishes CCBC Choices each year. It includes sta...
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