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Saturday, April 27, 2024

Updates to Previous Posts about Vermont Groups that Claim to be Abenaki

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On Feb 20, 2024 I shared a letter from Chief Rick O'Bomsawin, Abenaki of Odanak and Chief Michel R. Bernard, Abenaki of W8linak. In it,...
Friday, March 15, 2024

Native Readers are gonna be PSYCHED to know Arigon Starr has a new SUPER INDIAN book for us all!

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One of my most-dear memories is when I was working with a group of elementary-aged Native children in New Mexico and told them about Arigon ...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Facts in WE ARE STILL HERE: NATIVE AMERICAN TRUTHS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW are characterized as being a "negative slant on white people"

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Today (March 13, 2024) I read an article in The Gothamist that starts with this image: What you're looking at is a stack of twelve copi...
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Monday, March 04, 2024

American Indians, Alaska Native, First Nation, Native American people and the 2023 Diversity Baseline Survey

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In 2015, Lee and Low released the results of its first Diversity Baseline Survey (DBS), which is a survey to document how diverse employees ...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Leaders of Abenaki Nations request Educators stop making space for specific individuals in Vermont's "Abenaki" tribes

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Update from Debbie on Feb 21: I edited the title of this blog and the second paragraph to more accurately reflect the request in the Odanak ...
Thursday, February 08, 2024

Highly Recommended: A GIRL CALLED ECHO OMNIBUS

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A Girl Called Echo Omnibus Written by Katherena Vermette (Red River Metis) Illustrated by Scott B. Henderson (not Native); Colors by Donovan...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

News! Louise Erdrich's THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE will be available as an audiobook

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As far as I know, there are no 'anniversary editions' of Louise Erdrich's The Birchbark House. Today, a teacher wrote to me abou...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

News: American Indian Library Association announced its 2024 Youth Literature Awards

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Good morning, AICL readers! Yesterday (Jan 22, 2024) the American Library Association announced its annual book awards. Below a list of the ...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

News! JUST LIKE GRANDMA written by Kim Rogers ...

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Wonderful news! Yesterday on social media, Kim Rogers (enrolled member of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes) told us that  Just Like Grandma...
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Tuesday, January 02, 2024

New in 2024: Books by Native writers and illustrators

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Last year (on Twitter) I did a thread of books by Native writers and illustrators slated for release in 2023. I'm going to do that list ...