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Friday, November 21, 2014

TEEN SPIRIT by Francesca Lia Block

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I'll start with this: I think Francesca Lia Block likes Indians. I'm just not sure what she knows about us. I kinda think she does...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Francesca Lia Block apologized for Native stereotyping in WEETZIE BAT (but see update)

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Editor's note: I added "but see update" to the title of this post because after reading Block's Teen Spirit the apology ra...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Mass Media Fail(s): Describing Indian man's singing as "chants" and "yowls" and "wails"

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Yowls? Chant? Wail?!! This is a wild guess, but I wonder... When they were kids, did  Dina Capiello of the Associated Press, Andrew Kirel...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

PUKAWISS THE OUTCAST by Jay Jordan Hawke

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Pukawiss the Outcast by Jay Jordan Hawke is an unusual book. The protagonist--Joshua--is a 14 year old teen who is gay. Because his mother i...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Is that Native American Encyclopedia website any good?

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My answer to that question is a resounding NO. This is a long overdue post. Some time back--years maybe--I saw an online encyclopedia call...
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Oyate's List of Thanksgiving Books to Avoid

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A few years ago, Oyate had a list of books about Thanksgiving that they did not recommend. The list was on their website. Given the number...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

A Twitter Chat on American Indian Literature for Youth

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Note: The chat described below was storifed and is available here: #SupportWNDB Native American Chat Are you on Twitter? What are you doin...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Anton Treuer's EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT INDIANS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

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Anton Treuer's Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask is one of the books I think every teacher ought to h...
Thursday, November 06, 2014

Some thoughts about Native American Month and Thanksgiving

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In the opening chapter of Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Our Of Here (2013, Arthur A. Levine Books), the main character, Lewis, is wal...
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Playing Indian in Victoria Kann's PINKALICIOUS: THANKSGIVING HELPER

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Will we ever get to the point in time where creators of children's books stop showing kids playing Indian at Thanksgiving?! Here's...
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Beverly Slapin's review of RABBIT STORIES by Kim Shuck

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Shuck, Kim (Tsalagi, Sauk/Fox, Polish), Rabbit Stories . Poetic Matrix Press, 2013, high school-up Rabbit (the Being) has awesome re...

HOW TO WRITE A DYSTOPIAN YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (or short story) WITH NATIVE CHARACTERS FOR FUN AND PROFIT, by Kim Shuck and Beverly Slapin

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Editor's Note: Kim Shuck and Beverly Slapin submitted this satirical "how to" piece in response to my review of Neal Shusterm...
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