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Sunday, October 15, 2023

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, by Chris Newell and Winona Nelson

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If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving Written by Chris Newell (citizen of  Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township) Illustrated by Win...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Debbie--have you seen ALONE by Megan E. Freeman?

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A reader submitted a comment to my open letter to Kate DiCamillo about Island of the Blue Dolphins , asking if I've seen Alone by Megan ...
Monday, October 02, 2023

House and Senate Resolutions Regarding Book Banning and Threats to Freedom of Expression in the US

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On 9/27/2023, the US Senate introduced S.RES.372 (a resolution). You can read and track the resolution  here . I'm pasting it below, as ...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

"Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki?"

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On September 30, 2023 the Times Union  (a newspaper in New York), published a commentary titled "Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki?"...
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Thursday, September 28, 2023

NOT RECOMMENDED: "Native Americans Part 1" (a Video on PBS)

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A reader wrote to ask me about a video on PBS, titled Native Americans, Part 1; 2nd [grade] Social Studies . I've loaded it and will wat...
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Thursday, September 21, 2023

A Remarkable Headline

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Typically, AICL looks at books for young people. Today, I (Jean) am inspired to do something a little different: a close reading of a headli...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

Debbie--have you seen TREE IN THE TRAIL or PADDLE-TO-THE-SEA by Holling Clancy Holling?

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Every once in awhile I get an email or comment asking if I've seen a book by Holling Clancy Holling. It might be Tree in the Trail (publ...
Friday, September 01, 2023

A Storywalk Featuring Nancy Cooper's BIINDIGEN! AMIK SAYS WELCOME

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In the past few months, I've done several blog posts about Native people or their books or art being part of what the public sees when t...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

A Request Regarding Records of Native Students at Boarding Schools

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Those of you who follow Native news know that Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, launched an investigation into boarding schools for Na...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

It's Marcie Rendon!

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Some time back I did a series of posts about Native illustrators whose work was being used in unusual ways -- like the city bus that feature...