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Friday, July 03, 2009

Tanya Landman and Can't-be-relied-on reviews

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Last year I read a book filled with errors and bias. I wrote about it here and posted Beverly Slapin's review , and did a follow-up a ...
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Thursday, July 02, 2009

Indians in LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS

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Over on the child_lit listserv, a subscriber posted a link to an online article in The Weekly Standard . Titled " Picture Perfect ,&quo...
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Response to HANK THE COWDOG

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Betsy McEntarffer, a regular reader of American Indians in Children's Literature submitted a comment to my post about Hank the Cowdog ....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

American Indian Art

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Off topic, maybe, a little bit... Occasionally, people write to me, asking where (online) they can get Native art. A few days ago, I learned...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Jeff Berglund's response to "Desecrations and Desires: White Male Fantasy in Will Hobbs' BEARSTONE

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Jeff Berglund , a friend and colleague at Northern Arizona University , wrote this essay in response to Jane Haladay’s essay , “Desecr...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond

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My colleague, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, hosts a radio program called Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond . She interviewed m...

Book trailer: ENCOUNTER by Jane Yolen

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In recent years, book trailers are taking off. They are like book talks teachers and librarians do when they're pitching a book to reade...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

New book by Joy Harjo, author of THE GOOD LUCK CAT

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Watching the mail, waiting for my review copy of Joy Harjo's new picture book, For A Girl Becoming. Published by the University of Arizo...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

William O. Steele's THE BUFFALO KNIFE

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A reader wrote to ask about William O. Steele's The Buffalo Knife . I have not read the book and prior to her letter, did not know anyth...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Patricia Wrede's thinking as she wrote THE THIRTEENTH CHILD

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For some time now, I've wondered about the correspondence that takes place between a writer and his/her editor when the author's man...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Jennifer Denetdale's THE LONG WALK: THE FORCED NAVAJO EXILE

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Heated debate is taking place over Patricia Wrede's book, The Thirteenth Child . Many people defend her decision to write a "settli...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Among America's exports....

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Among America's exports is stereotypical imagery of American Indians. Take, for example, O. Henry's short story, "The Ransom of...

Hank the Cowdog

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Earlier today I had an email from a woman, asking if I'd read the series, Hank the Cowdog . I have not, so checked into it a little.... ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Newsletter: Winding Rivers Library System

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Earlier this year I visited the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse to talk with teachers and librarians about American Indians in children'...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

"Would you want to be an Indian?"

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Doing some research on use of Gerald McDermott's not-to-be-used-book-about-Pueblo-Indians, Arrow to the Sun, I found a page about globa...
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Patricia Wrede on THIRTEENTH CHILD

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A few weeks ago, I pointed readers to Internet discussions of Patricia Wrede's book, Thirteenth Child. Miriam at the Lower Elwha Klalla...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

"Native Literary Nationalism and Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Simon Ortiz's Books for Youth"

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Eds. Note: Today, friend and colleague Tom Crisp, assistant professor at the University of South Florida, will read a paper I wrote for ...
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