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Friday, February 25, 2011

"wild Indians" in Dickens' DAVID COPPERFIELD

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On our road trip last weekend we listened to David Copperfield (audio book). I enjoyed it more than I expected, but noted Dickens' use o...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

American Indians and "Double Jeopardy!" (yeah, the game show)

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The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) publishes a blog that is loaded with terrific information. In January, ...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Leo Politi's LITTLE LEO

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As I worked on my review essay about Leo Politi's Song of the Swallows , I kept recalling that somewhere, I'd seen something about a...
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"Teaching Children about American Indians" - U Wisconsin, Eau Claire

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What are you doing on Friday, February 25th? If you're in the Eau Claire area, I'm giving a lecture and workshop on "Teaching...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Indians in Leo Politi's SONG OF THE SWALLOWS

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Among the Caldecott Medal books I studied for my presentation at the Children's Literature Symposium at Florida State University-Saras...
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Robert Lawson's "Indians--tame ones" and slaves in Minnesota

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This weekend at the Children's Literature Symposium at Florida State University-Sarasota, I'll be giving a talk about the illustrat...
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

"Kossa Indian Dancers"

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Would you go to a service in a synagogue, mosque, church, or temple, study the attire, movements, music, and words of the people there, and ...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

2011 Opening Minds Conference - Chicago Metro AEYC

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A hearty welcome to people who attended Choosing and Using Picture Books about Native Americans: What's New, What's Good, and Wha...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Native authored-books on the 2011 Notable Children's Books list

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Quoting from the website of the Association for Library Service to Children: Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service t...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

An American Indian perspective on changing "Injun" to "Indian" in TOM SAWYER

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On January 3rd, Publisher's Weekly carried an article called Upcoming NewSouth 'Huck Finn' Eliminates the 'N' Word . Th...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Joseph Bruchac's HIDDEN ROOTS back in print!

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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? Sharin...
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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Elizabeth Burns review of EVERY BONE TELLS A STORY

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How much do you know about the remains of American Indians, and, laws to protect those remains? Did you even know there are special laws in ...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Beverly Blacksheep's Board Books

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I'm currently doing some research on board books by Native authors...  Ones that feature Native children, or stories, or concept boo...
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