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Friday, December 07, 2012

Erdrich's CHICKADEE and Smith's INDIAN SHOES in NY TIMES

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On December 4, 2012, The New York Times published "Books to Match Diverse Young Readers" about books that featured characters who ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

THIS AMERICAN LIFE: "Little War on the Prairie", THE DAKOTA 38, and resources for teaching about the US-Dakota War of 1862

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On November 23, 2012,  This American Life devoted an entire show to a single topic. Titled Little War on the Prairie it is a well-executed ...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Navajo film project: RAINBOW BIRD

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On AICL, I encourage parents, teachers, librarians, and anyone who works with children and the books they read or the movies they watch, to ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

TIGER EYES: Judy Blume's book and its film adaptation

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Recently in Native news sources, I read that Tatanka Means (his father was Russell Means, activist and actor who recently passed away), is ...
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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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