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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Friday, November 20, 2009

Dene writer blogs about HOUSE OF NIGHT

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Sending you to "displaced Dene," a blog run by Tenille Campbell. She's got some things to say about the House of Night series....
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Congratulations to Nicola I. Campbell... Shin-chi's Canoe wins major award

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Sending my congratulations to Nicola I. Campbell, author of Shin-chi's Canoe . In the news today...  "Residential school story w...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Thanksgiving, 2009

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In this morning's "Google Alert" email (the one I set up using "Debbie Reese" +blog), I learned that Carol Rasco, th...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

What Debby Edwardson said...

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I've spent the last week engaging in an online conversation on a site called Through the Tollbooth. There, like on American Indians in C...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

First response: HOUSE OF NIGHT SERIES

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For some time now, I've been aware of the HOUSE OF NIGHT series of vampire stories. I picked one up in a bookstore and skimmed it, but p...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Erdrich does THRILLER

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On Louise Erdrich's blog is a video of Erdrich, staff of her store, and people in the neighborhood, doing Jackson's zombie dance. Fu...
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Indians in Daugherty's DANIEL BOONE

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Peter D. Sieruta's blog is called Collecting Children's Books. I read it from time to time. Today, I read "The Mural in the Gym...
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Friday, November 06, 2009

Back from Madison, and, Sewell Illustrations in LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

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Yesterday afternoon I was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Janice Rice. We were there at the invitation of Ryan Comfort of the Am...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Analysis: PETER PAN IN SCARLET

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After spending the last 24 hours re-reading and making notes on Geraldine McCaughrean's Peter Pan in Scarlet , I feel a bit like the cha...
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Notes and Summary: PETER PAN IN SCARLET

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Back when Geraldine McCaughrean's Peter Pan in Scarlet (nearly everytime I type the words "Peter Pan" I have to fix a typo......
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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Edit(s) to 1935 edition of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE?

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While doing research on Syd Hoff's Danny and the Dinosaur , I came across information about a revision to Laura Ingalls Wilder's L...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

George Littlechild's THIS LAND IS MY LAND

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Among my favorite books is George Littlechild's This Land Is My Land , published in 1993 by Children's Book Press. Written and il...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Has Stephanie Meyer read this?

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I do not recall seeing "Please read Indian Country Etiquette " on the Quileute Nation website last time I was on there...  Clickin...
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"Evolution" video

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Have you seen the video that shows a girl being made-up, photographed, and then the photograph retouched for use in an advertisement?  It...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving

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Available in a pdf from the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving . Ten pages in len...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Who is John Smelcer (author of THE TRAP and THE GREAT DEATH)

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John Smelcer, author of The Trap , has a new young adult novel out ( The Great Death ). Many believe he is a good writer. That may be the ca...
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News about Nicola Campbell's SHI-SHI-ETKO

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Nicola Campbell's picture book, Shi-shi-etko , was recently released as a short film. Here's the trailer. As soon as I have info on...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Ann Rinaldi's LEIGH ANN'S CIVIL WAR

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Last week I made some preliminary notes about Ann Rinaldi’s Leigh Ann’s Civil War. I’ve finished reading the book and am sharing some thoug...
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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Joy Harjo

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Joy Harjo was our Artist in Residence this semester. We (faculty, staff, students of UIUC's Native American House and American Indian...
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