American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)

Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016. (Site redesign on January 8, 2025)

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Intersections: Alice Walker, playing Indian, and real Indians

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Searching for information about Bill Wahpepah, a Kickapoo and Sauk and Fox man who worked at the Native American Survival School in the Bay...
Friday, July 10, 2009

Book signing: Simon Ortiz and Evelina Zuni Lucero

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If you can, head for downtown Santa Fe next Tuesday. At 3:00, Simon Ortiz and Evelina Zuni Lucero will be at the Museum of Contemporary Art...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

"Moccasins and Microphones" Poetry Performance, Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team

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Back in November, 2008, NewsHour on PBS featured a handful of high school poets from Santa Fe Indian School. They are in the Spoken Word Cl...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Quileute Response to TWILIGHT

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Pasting below an extended excerpt from a New York Post article. Called " Vampire Vacation: Twilight Fans Turn a Quiet Indian Reservati...
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"Do you know what a bow and arrow is?"

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I read a newspaper article this morning about a tutoring program in San Jose that helps refugees assimilate. A family from Myanmar is the fo...
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Monday, July 06, 2009

Gloria Whelan's AFTER THE TRAIN

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Directing you, today, to Rebecca Rabinowitz's " Source fiction is no excuse for racism ." Her essay is about Gloria Whelan...
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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 ,...
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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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