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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Richard Peck's A SEASON OF GIFTS

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I've had a flurry of email of late, asking if I've read Richard Peck's new book, A Season of Gifts . For my readers outside of c...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

"Pueblo" in Shoulders and Brannen's THE ABC BOOK OF AMERICAN HOMES

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This morning, I am looking (online) at the "P" page in Michael Shoulders and Sarah S. Brannen's picture book, The ABC Book of ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Who is "Mary Whitebird"

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Who is Mary Whitebird? A post to LM_NET prompted my search to see what I could find out about Mary Whitebird and a story called "Ta-N...
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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Cheryl Savageau's picture book, MUSKRAT WILL BE SWIMMING

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In 2007, I wrote about Cheryl Savageau's picture book, Muskrat Will Be Swimming . I'm revisiting it today, pointing you to a compa...
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The end of Reading Rainbow

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Due to low ratings and lack of funds, PBS's "Reading Rainbow" is no longer being broadcast.That's too bad. I have fond mem...
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Friday, September 04, 2009

SLJ's "Writer's Against Racism"

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Amy Bowllan, a blogger at School Library Journal , is running a series of interviews called "Writers Against Racism." My interview...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Joseph Bruchac's biography of Jim Thorpe to be adapted into documentary

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Update on Sep 30 2023: I (Debbie Reese) no longer recommend Bruchac's work. For details see  Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki? An August ...
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Thursday, August 06, 2009

The National Museum of American Indian has a blog...

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Just a quick pointer, today, to the blog over at the National Museum of the American Indian... Read through it for insights about Native v...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Congratulations to Muscogee (Creek) author, Cynthia Leitich Smith

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Good news! The trade and library editions of Jingle Dancer are going into another printing! Written by Muscogee (Creek) author, Cynthia Lei...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Diane Chen (SLJ) review of Jennifer Denetdale's

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Pointing you, today, to Diane Chen's post about Jennifer Denetdale's book, The Long Walk: The Forced Navajo Exile . Diane's bl...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

About Paul Goble and his books...

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I get a lot of questions about Paul Goble. Are his books accurate? Reliable? I have not studied them myself, but can refer you to the works ...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Brits and Americans, Imagining Indians

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This morning, I read an article in the Telegrap h about the "Latitude Festival," an annual music festival that takes place in Su...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

News about TWILIGHT

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Warning: This will be a snarky post. Meyer has found another way to suck. Obviously, my use of the word "suck" has multiple meanin...
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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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