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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Native Authors--January Rogers and katherena vermette--On Pretendianism

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Have you read news reports about false claims to being Native? Back in 2021 I started Native? Or, not? A Resource List of items I had read ...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Sign up! California Indian Ed for All offers a free series of On-line Book Club meetings with Native Authors

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This Thursday (September 12), I am giving a webinar in California Indian Ed for All's online book club series. These webinars are open t...
Sunday, September 08, 2024

Not Recommended: STORIES CALIFORNIA INDIANS TOLD by Anne B. Fisher

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Several readers have asked me about Stories California Indians Told by Anne B. Fisher, illustrated by Ruth Robbins. It came out in 1957 from...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Highly Recommended: LET'S GO! haw êkwa! BY JULIE FLETT

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Let's Go!  haw êkwa! Written and illustrated by Julie Flett (Cree-Metis) Published in 2024 Publisher: Greystone Kids Reviewer: Jean Mend...
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Thursday, August 29, 2024

Highly Recommended: I'M FINDING MY TALK, by Rebecca Thomas, illustrated by Pauline Young

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED I'm Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas (Mi'kmaw) Illustrations by Pauline Young Published in 2019 Publisher: Nimbu...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Highly Recommended: THIS LAND: THE HISTORY OF THE LAND WE'RE ON by Ashley Fairbanks; illustrations by Bridget George

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED This Land: The History of the Land We're On Written by Ashley Fairbanks (White Earth Anishinaabe) Illustration by Bri...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Highly Recommended! BOOZHOO! HELLO! by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

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  Boozhoo! Hello!  Written and illustrated by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley  ( member  of Wasauksing First Nation) Translated by Mary Ann Corbier...
Sunday, August 18, 2024

Highly Recommended: NAVAJO CODE TALKERS by Danielle C. Burbank

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Navajo Code Talkers Written by Danielle C. Burbank (Diné) Published in 2024 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Reviewer: Debbi...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Highly Recommended: WINGS OF AN EAGLE: THE GOLD MEDAL DREAMS OF BILLY MILLS, by Billy Mills and Donna Janell Bowman, illustrated by S. D. Nelson

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                  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED  Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) and Donna Janel...
Monday, July 08, 2024

NOT RECOMMENDED: BACK IN THE BEFORETIME. TALES OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS by Jane Louise Curry

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A reader wrote to ask if I've read Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians by Jane Louise Curry.  The answer? I had not,...
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Friday, July 05, 2024

Highly Recommended: BEHIND EVERY RUG by Daniel W. Vandever and Lynne Hardy

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Those who follow my work know that I've been frustrated many times with things Scholastic does. Sometimes, though, they do a good thing....
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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Finally! I got to see myself at City Lights Book Store!

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Earlier this month, my mom, and my little sister and her husband were visiting us in California. We went to San Francisco one day. I pulled ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: THE BEE MOTHER

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Imagine an overcast, cold, windy, completely dreary early spring day. A plain brown cardboard envelope arrives from Portage & Main -- it...
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Tuesday, May 07, 2024

Press Release: Introducing Maawn Doobiigeng - the new classification system of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries

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Note from Debbie: In this morning's email, I received the press release I'm sharing below. Librarians across the US are looking for ...
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