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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Thursday, October 08, 2015

Not recommended: Rae Carson's WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER

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First, some basics. Rae Carson's  Walk On Earth A Stranger  begins in 1849 in Dahlonega, Georgia. The protagonist, 15-year-old Leah We...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015

A Look at Gender Swapping of Native Characters in Meyer's LIFE AND DEATH

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Today (October 6, 2015), fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga were ecstatic about her new book Life and Death. In it, she "gende...
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Beverly Slapin reviews SMUGGLING CHEROKEE by Kim Shuck

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Editor's Note: Beverly Slapin's review of Smuggling Cherokee may not be used elsewhere without her written permission. All rights r...
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Sunday, October 04, 2015

Bonnie Bader's WHO WAS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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October 4, 2015 Dear Bonnie Bader, Grosset & Dunlap, and Penguin Young Readers Group, Your book, Who Was Christopher Columbus , publ...
Friday, October 02, 2015

THE HIRED GIRL by Laura Amy Schlitz

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Eds. note: Content in this post launched a discussion at Heavy Medal at School Library Journal. Please see A Native Perspective of The Hired...
Thursday, October 01, 2015

Big News about Hoffman's AMAZING GRACE

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Eds. note (10/2/2015): See update at bottom. It appears the change is only to the U.S. edition.  In a comment to his post about weeding bo...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

Writers: Do not do a Peter Nabokov! Please respect tribal nations and our protocols.

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In several places, I've written about the 1800s, when white ethnographers began going to reservations--uninvited--with the intent of doc...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Using the "Peanutize Me" Avatar to Send a Message

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Have you seen the Peanutize Me avatars people are creating? It is a clever promotion for the Peanuts movie due out in November. This morn...
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Cookie Thomas's CINNAMON AND THE BAT PEOPLE

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Cinnamon and the Bat People by Cookie Thomas came out in 2014. Published in London, England by TMC London, here's the synopsis from the ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

A student's question about bias (AICL uses Deborah Wiles' REVOLUTION to look at bias)

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A few weeks ago, I was at Georgia State's College of Education to talk with professors and students about Native peoples, how we're ...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Julie Flett Depicts Debbie Reese in TEACHING TOLERANCE

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Some weeks ago, Dave Constantin at Teaching Tolerance got in touch with me for an article that came out yesterday: Rewriting History--For th...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Librarians launch blog: READING WHILE WHITE

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Yesterday (September 15, 2015), a new blog was launched. Titled Reading While White , its contributors are--as the blog title indicates--...
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