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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--...