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Friday, November 09, 2018

Native Trailblazers, or In Search of “500 Brave Native Americans”

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Grandson Will, age 8, sings along to Pete Seeger at the top of his lungs: “’Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo. 500 b...
Friday, November 02, 2018

Highly Recommended: WHEN WE PLAY OUR DRUMS, THEY SING by Richard Van Camp + LUCY & LOLA by Monique Gray Smith

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When We Play Our Drums, They Sing  by Richard Van Camp and Lucy & Lola by Monique Gray Smith are two outstanding books... in one. Here...
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Thursday, November 01, 2018

Apple, Echo, and the Importance of “More Than One Book"

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Two Native high school girls, two unique stories  about not fitting in, and about trying to make sense of Indigenous heritage/ancestry when ...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Debbie--have you seen SQUIRM by Carl Hiaasen?

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A reader of AICL wrote to ask if I've seen Squirm by Carl Hiassen. Published in 2018 by Knopf (Penguin Random House) here's the ...
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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Not recommended: Scott Kelley's I AM BIRCH

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A colleague wrote to ask me about Scott Kelley's I Am Birch. Published in 2018 by Islandport Press, it is getting a 'not recommend...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Classic, Award-Winning, Popular Books with Racist, Biased Depictions of Indigenous People

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In my experience, a lot of people don't remember or realize that classic, award-winning, or popular books have Native content in them th...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

Some thoughts on Native identity, in response to #ElizabethWarren (again)

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Eds note: Below is a compilation of a tweet thread I did from Oct 20-21. (If you do tweet threads and want to compile them, try Spooler. Th...
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