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Friday, October 19, 2012

Creating a Library Atmosphere that Welcomes American Indians

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Eds. Note: Updated on October 6, 2015. Recently on LM-NET, a librarian asked what she can do to make her library's atmosphere cultural...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Anita Silvey: DANNY AND THE DINOSAUR "works brilliantly as a way to chase the blues away from all children."

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Today (October 18, 2012) at her popular Children's Book-A-Day Almanac, Anita Silvey is featuring Syd Hoff's Danny and the Dinosaur. ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Ethnic Studies Under Fire, Oct 18 2012, Urbana Free Library

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Ben Esposito's "Kachina"

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Note on March 18: Please see an update to this: "I decided to prove her wrong" . IndieCade, or, the International Festival of In...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Read Bruchac's SKELETON MAN for "All Hallows Read"

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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? On Sunday,...
Monday, October 08, 2012

Anyone in TUSD teaching from RETHINKING COLUMBUS?

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Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson's edited volume,  Rethinking Columbus,  was being used in the Tucson Unified School District a year ago, b...
Friday, October 05, 2012

"What Happened After Chief Short Cake Died?" and "Squaw Bury Short Cake"

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The title for today's blog post comes from this math worksheet: The photo was taken by the mother of a Native student in a school ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Ms. Warren: Mascots have serious consequences

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Did you see the video that started circulating yesterday? The one that shows Scott Brown's staff making war whoops and doing the tomaha...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Dear Elizabeth Warren: I know kids who would ask their parents for proof of their identity

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Yesterday (September 24, 2012), Elizabeth Warren responded to Scott Brown's attack on her heritage by putting out an ad in which she rhe...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Trailer: THE LESSER BLESSED

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Watch: Did you watch it? If not, do it now. I'm not easily given to profuse out-loud exclamations like OMG or WOW, but this trai...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Library of Congress: "52 Great Reads"

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With the National Book Festival happening this weekend in DC, I was looking over their webpages. On the " Educator's Share " p...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Dear Scott Brown: Do you know what Native Americans look like?

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At the end of May, I wrote about Elizabeth Warren (running for US Senate against incumbent Scott Brown) and her family story about how they ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

AICL on Pinterest

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Recently, I created a Pinterest account for the purpose of promoting selected literature by and about American Indians. Here's a screen ...
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Barbara Cooney's MISS RUMPHIUS: Take Two

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Editor's Note: Back in 2009 , I wrote up a short note about Barbara Cooney's Miss Rumphius. Because the book is on the We Give Book...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Horn Book interviews Louise Erdrich

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Head over to Horn Book to read Martha Parravano's interview with Louise Erdrich ! Martha asked her about the two men who kidna...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

New website: Chickasaw TV

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One of the very best things teachers and librarians can do is to select a single tribe and learn all they can about it. Going in-depth with ...
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Thursday, September 06, 2012

New YA Book Award: the BURT AWARD FOR FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND INUIT LITERATURE

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This is exciting news out of Canada from CODE, a Canadian NGO that supports literacy and learning! From the CODE website : The Burt Aw...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012

LIFE IN A SIOUX VILLAGE, by Sally Senzell Isaacs

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Capstone Classoom is offering a " Common Core Grade 3 Curriculum Bundle " that includes Sally Senzell Isaacs's Life in a Sioux...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Indians in Booklist's 2012 "Top 10 Westerns for Youth" - THE CASE OF THE DEADLY DESPERADOS

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Earlier today, Erin wrote to me to ask if I'd seen the list of books in the "Top 10 Westerns for Youth" in the August 2012 iss...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

NATIVE PEOPLES OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA: WHO WE ARE, edited by Jacilee Wray

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In an effort to draw on the expertise of librarians who work at tribal libraries, I put out a call for nonfiction recommendations. Miriam ...