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Thursday, November 15, 2012

AICL tomorrow on NATIVE AMERICA CALLING

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Sorry for this late notice...  Just letting readers of AICL know that I'll be a guest tomorrow (Friday, Nov 16, 2012) on Native America ...
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Terrific news! Louise Erdrich's THE ROUND HOUSE won the 2012 National Book Award

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Last night (November 14, 2012), Louise Erdrich's The Round House won the 2012 National Book Award in the fiction category for the adul...
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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Alyson Noel's FATED

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A reader wrote to ask if I would take a look at Alyson Noel's young adult novel, Fated. I looked it up, and seeing that it was set in Ne...
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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Dear Gwen Stefani: Please make a video...

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Dear Gwen Stefani, It is good that No Doubt released a statement today, stating that you never intended to offend, hurt, or trivialize Na...
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Thursday, November 01, 2012

Presidential Proclamation: National Native American Heritage Month, 2012

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The White House Press Secretary released President Obama's Presidential Proclamation , designating November as National Native American ...

Patricia Riley's GROWING UP NATIVE AMERICAN

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Today (November 1st, the first day of American Indian Heritage Month), I'd like to introduce you to Patricia Riley's Growing Up Nati...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Eric Gansworth's IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE

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In my mail on Saturday (October 27, 2012), was a galley for Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here , published by Scholastic.  The c...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

"This is Not Who I Am, And this is Not OK"

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Last year, students in Ohio University's S*T*A*R*S (Students Teaching About Racism in Society) student group launched a campaign to push...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Coming up: Native American Month 2012

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We're about a week away from the month that the President of the United States designates as Native American Month. Below are suggesti...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

DVD: Racing the Rez

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In the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Pueblo Indians fought and drove the Spanish out of our homelands. The revolt was carefully planned by tribal l...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

About Russell Means...

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Early yesterday (October 22, 2012), I learned that Russell Means had passed away. As I thought about Russell Means, I remembered when I ...
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Monday, October 22, 2012

Kateri Tekakwitha a "squaw"?! Her father "pagan"? Nun in toy headdress?!

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I spent some of the last 24 hours following news coverage of the canonizaton of Kateri Tekakwitha. As I noted yesterday , for Native peo...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Stereotypes and the Canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha

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Catholics and a great many Native people know that Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized a few hours ago in Rome. She is now a saint. Some news st...
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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,...