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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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Hopi Runners

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For young adults who visit your library looking for information about athletes or marathon runners, consider offering them an article from a...

Stereotyping, Bias, and American Indians

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What are you doing at 11:00 AM on April 13th? Set aside an hour to attend a free, online conversation called "How do we change a stereo...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Pa (as a kid) played that he was hunting Indians

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Little House in the Big Woods , by Laura Ingalls Wilder, is Favorite Book #23 in Elizabeth Bird's SLJ "Top 100 Novels" countd...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

American Indians in California - Resources

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Update from Debbie on May 6, 2021: Dr. Miranda's site is no longer accessible. You can find an article by her about the missions, at the...
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Monday, March 08, 2010

Anne Rockwell's BIG GEORGE: HOW A SHY BOY BECAME PRESIDENT WASHINGTON - Part 2

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Yesterday , I posted initial thoughts about Anne Rockwell's picture book biography of George Washington. I'm returning to it today, ...
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Sunday, March 07, 2010

Anne Rockwell's BIG GEORGE: HOW A SHY BOY BECAME PRESIDENT WASHINGTON

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Several years ago, Anne Rockwell wrote a book called Thanksgiving Day . Reading it as a Native mother and scholar in American Indian Stu...
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Saturday, March 06, 2010

"An Author Responds"

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I thought it might be useful to my readers to identify blog posts that prompted an author to reply, in protest, of my review. So, I added ...
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American Indians in Children's Literature featured at DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

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I read this article when it came out in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and meant to link to it, but can't find a link. So, I'm...
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American Indians in Children's Literature featured at COLOR ONLINE

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On Thursday, March 4th,  COLOR ONLINE featured American Indians in Children's Literature. This is from their "About Us" page: ...
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Thursday, March 04, 2010

Congrats to Cynthia Leitich Smith: ETERNAL on NY Times best seller list

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Wow!  Eternal, Cynthia Leitich Smith's vampire novel, will appear on the New York Times "Children's Best Sellers - Paperback...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Something Will Rogers said...

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A friend asked me what I know about Will Rogers, famous TV and radio personality, part Cherokee... He asked, in particular, about this: ...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Thoughts on Sharon Creech's WALK TWO MOONS

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Have you ever used Google Earth ? It's a fascinating tool that lets you look at a place (like your hometown) via satellite photographs. ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Elizabeth Bird's Survey of Top 100 Children's Novels, #90 thru #66

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A week ago (Feb 10, 2010), I wrote about Elizabeth Bird's survey at SLJ. She asked readers to send her a list of their all time favorite...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Video: Do All Indians Live in Tipis?

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Over on the right side of this page, I feature a link to a book called Do All Indians Live in Tipis ? I wrote about the book when it came o...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Elizabeth Bird's survey of Top 100 Children's Novels

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A while back, SLJ ( School Library Journal ) columnist Elizabeth Bird invited her readers to send her a list of their top ten children's...
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Monday, February 08, 2010

Editorial: "Sucking the Quileute Dry"

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Yesterday's New York Times ran an Op-Ed by Angela R. Riley. She's the director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA . Titl...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Tony Hillerman

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I had an email earlier today, asking if I recommend Tony Hillerman's books.  I've skimmed some of them and didn't like what I re...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Second Post: The POC Challenge

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Near the end of my post About the POC Challenge , I wondered if people participating in the POC Challenge are reading critics of color. I p...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

About the "POC Challenge"

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In the land of the mostly-white-world of children's lit, bloggers who review books are joining the POC Challenge.  whose motto is "...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

A conversation about book covers and race

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Of late in the children's lit world---especially in blogland---there's been a lot of discussion about book covers. The discussion ...
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