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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

"I is for Indian Village"

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Head on over to Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert's blog, Beyond the Mesas , and read his entry on December 16, 2009: "I is for Indian Vil...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

INDIAN BOYHOOD and MIDDLE FIVE - use in 1904

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Two of the books on my list of recommended books are The Middle Five by Francis LaFlesche and Indian Boyhood by Charles Alexander Eastman...
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

New cover for Erdrich's BIRCHBARK HOUSE

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Each semester in my courses at Illinois, we read Louise Erdrich's Birchbark House . It's a terrific book, as are the two that...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Sexy Indians...

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As soon I wrote the title for this post, I realized it will probably generate a lot of hits from people looking for porn...  As I said last ...
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Chaske Spencer, "Sam Uley" of Twilight, visits Yale

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On Tuesday, December 9, Chaske Spencer, the actor who plays Sam Uley in New Moon , visited students at Yale.  Read about his visit in Twili...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Update: YEARS OF DUST

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Jonathan Hunt at SLJ responded to my critique of Albert Marrin's Years of Dust . If you're interested in the on-going dialogue, cli...
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Monday, December 07, 2009

Hopi writer, Polingaysi Qoyawayma

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Reading Beyond the Mesas this morning, I see that Matt (my friend and colleague in American Indian Studies here at Illinois) wrote about ...
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Sunday, December 06, 2009

Albert Marrin's YEARS OF DUST: THE STORY OF THE DUST BOWL

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Over on Heavy Medal, a blog at School Library Journal , I posted my concerns with Richard Peck's new book, A Season of Gifts . In the co...
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Jean Mendoza's visit to La Push and Forks

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My friend, Jean Mendoza, was up in La Push and Forks recently. She sent me some notes and photographs of her visit. I am featuring them toda...
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Quileute elder on Quileute stories

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Thanks to Miriam B. for letting me know about two newspaper articles in the Peninsula Daily News , published in Port Angeles, Washington. (F...
Saturday, December 05, 2009

Chamoru Childhood

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On Tuesday of this week (December 1st), I was given an astounding gift. My colleague and friend, Keith L. Camacho, came into my office and ...
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Friday, December 04, 2009

American Indians in Children's Literature in TRIBAL COLLEGE JOURNAL

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The Winter 2009 online issue of Tribal College Journal includes a link to American Indians in Children's Literature . The link is in a...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

We saw NEW MOON on Friday...

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Friday afternoon, daughter Liz and I went to see New Moon. Sitting next to each other in the dark, we heckled, rolled our eyes, and laughed ...
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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Who is Grandma Dowdel?

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As I work on a critical essay about Richard Peck's A Season of Gifts, I will share interesting bits... Like the one I came across just...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Beyond the Mesas

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On this day, November 27, 2009, most people are out shopping. It is the day after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday." But did...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

‘Myth, Colonialism, and the Next Generation’ by Shelley A. Welch

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Today's post is submitted to American Indians in Children's Literature by Shelley A. Welch, MA, LMHC, of The Capturing Spirit Projec...
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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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