American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)

Established in 2006 by Dr. Debbie Reese of Nambé Pueblo, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. Dr. Jean Mendoza joined AICL as a co-editor in 2016. (Site redesign on January 8, 2025)

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

THE CASE FOR LOVING by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, but, what to do with what Jeter said about her identity?

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Eds. note: See information about the second printing of the book , which was revised.  New this year (2015) is The Case for Loving: The ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

National Museum of the American Indian: Newsletter for Teachers

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Anytime you're in Washington DC, I hope you visit the National Museum of the American Indian. I was part of our tribal delegation when i...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Game developer: "I decided to prove her wrong"

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In October of 2014 , I wrote about an educational game called Kachina. It was still in development and being previewed at the Game Developer...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

Open Letter to David Arnold, author of MOSQUITOLAND

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Friday, March 13, 2015 Dear Mr. Arnold, Thank you for responding to my critique of the "Cherokee" content in Mosquitoland.   ...
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Saturday, March 07, 2015

David Arnold's Cherokee protagonist in MOSQUITOLAND

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Note: Please scroll down to see David Arnold's response to this review. See Open Letter , too, which also has a response from David Ar...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Seed beads, Indian Camps, and Black Indians in Cynthia Leitich Smith's RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME

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A request for a blurb about a favorite book with a Native teen character prompted me to re-read Cynthia Leitich Smith's Rain Is Not My...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

CAMP CREEPY (NANCY DREW AND THE CLUE CREW) by Carolyn Keene and Macky Pamintuan

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A teacher wrote to me, asking for books about Taos Pueblo. I know about Clark's Little Boy With Three Names but haven't read it yet,...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

A BOOK OF AMERICANS by Rosemary Benet and Stephen Vincent Benet

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Woah! That is my thought as I sat down to share some photos of pages from Rosemary Benet and Stephen Vincent Benet's A Book of America...
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Books Not Yet Read/Reviewed at AICL

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With this post, I'm pointing to a list of books I started on Google Drive. It is an effort to keep track of all that is out there, by Na...
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Friday, February 20, 2015

Pamela Penza's review of Tricia Stirling's WHEN MY HEART WAS WICKED

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Last year, Pamela Penza wrote to me about Nick Lake's There Will Be Lies . Pam is a young adult librarian and blogs at Pamelibrarian . I...

Some context for "Are we doing it white" at Read Roger

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I participated in the "Are we doing it white?" conversation at Read Roger (Roger Sutton's blog at Horn Book; Sutton is the ex...
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