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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Critical Media Literacy: Misrepresentation of Apache Scouts

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Last week I wrote about the use of Geronimo's name for Osama bin Laden . Since then I've been researching, reading, and thinking abo...
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Monday, May 02, 2011

FAIL: Codename for Osama bin Laden? "Geronimo"

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[ Note: I am adding links to Native responses at the bottom of this page. If you know of others, please let me know by email or in a comment...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

YALSA's THE HUB interviews Tim Tingle

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Over at YALSA's The Hub you'll find an interview with Choctaw writer, Tim Tingle about being part of Matt Dembicki's Trickster ...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

A comment after today's session at NMLA 2011

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This morning I gave a talk at the New Mexico Librarian Association annual conference. I talked about looking critically at American India...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

First look at Karen Healey's GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD

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In December I got an ebook copy of Karen Healey's Guardian of the Dead . I found a lot that I didn't like as I read it, and little t...
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Friday, April 22, 2011

Are your kids going to Summer Camp?

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Today's post is prompted by Nicole, a reader who wrote to tell me about an article called Boys Gone Wild in baystateparent: Massachuset...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Top Board Books for the Youngest Readers

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Update on Oct 17, 2022: We add to this list, first posted in 2011. If you have additional recommendations, let us know in a comment and we&#...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Jacques Duquesne's OUKALA LE PETIT INDIEN (Oukala the Little Indian)

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Cover, propped up on laptop Yesterday at the local library book sale, I picked up Oukala le Petit Indien by Jacques Duquesne, illustrat...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Audio archive of "An Indigenous Scholar's Use of Social Media"

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On Wednesday (two days ago) I gave a lecture at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. It was cospon...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Free lecture: An Indigenous Scholar's Use of Social Media

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On Wednesday at 3:00 4:00, I'll be giving a lecture at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illi...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Better Book Titles new title for INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD

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Better Book Titles. The site is new (to me) and interesting...  Its description is "This blog is for people who do not have thousands ...
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Update on Berenstain Bears Give Thanks

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Last week I published an excellent letter from Kim , a reader who wrote to tell me about The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks . I ordered a co...
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Saturday, April 09, 2011

Did you see... PaperTigers post about Larry Loyie's books?

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Larry Loyie's As Long as the Rivers Flow: A Last Summer before Residential School is on my list of recommended books . It is nice to se...

Do you read CYNSATIONS? And have you read JINGLE DANCER?

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Yesterday I was at Urbana Free Library (my local library) and was happy to see Cynthia Leitich Smith's new novel, Blessed, on the TE...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Unexpected intersections: Thanksgiving and Karen Russell's SWAMPLANDIA!

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Earlier this week a reader wrote to ask me about Karen Russell's Swamplandia! Not familiar with it, I read reviews and learned that it ...
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011

2011 New Mexico Library Association Annual Conference

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On April 26th I'll head home (yeah!) for the 2011 New Mexico Library Association Annual Conference . It will be in Albuquerque. I'm...
Monday, April 04, 2011

A reader writes to me about Jon Scieszka's TRUCKSGIVING

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Amongst the email I received this morning is one from Danielle, who wrote to ask if I'd seen Jon Scieszka's Trucksgiving .  While at...
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Letter from reader about THE BERENSTAIN BEARS GIVE THANKS in which the Bears fatten up Squanto (their turkey)

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Last week, Kim in Canada wrote to me... ------------- Hi Debbie, Here's another book to add to your poison pile of inappropriate,...
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Sunday, April 03, 2011

Dear Mr. Goble: Questions for Paul Goble about THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES

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Paul Goble's The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses was published in 1978. It won the prestigious Caldecott Medal. Due to the popularity of h...