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Friday, December 05, 2014

"True Blood Brothers" in NBC's production of Peter Pan

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In an earlier post , I wrote about how NBC had hired a Chickasaw man to rework the "Ugg-A-Wugg" song, replacing that phrase with a...
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Thursday, December 04, 2014

Thumbs up for Cynthia Leitich Smith's FERAL CURSE

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The protagonist of Cynthia Leitich Smith's Feral Curse is named Kayla. Her parents are white. She is black. She was adopted. From Ethi...
Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Roy Boney's WE SPEAK IN SECRET

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Roy Boney's We Speak in Secret is one of many stories that will be in Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers: Volume 1 , to be published by th...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Debbie Reese (me!) on CUNY's INDEPENDENT SOURCES

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Finally had a chance to watch the segment that CUNY's Independent Sources asked me to do with them about children's books and Thank...
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How 'bout we all pan NBC's PETER PAN and Warner Bros PAN, too.

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Over the weekend, Heather (a reader of AICL) wrote to ask if I'd seen a Salon article about changes made to music and lyrics in the vers...
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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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