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Friday, July 25, 2025

Stereotypes of Native Peoples in Children's Books - A Report from 1971

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How does a society move away from its embrace of stereotypes or biased and incorrect images? Native people and our allies have been calling ...
Saturday, July 05, 2025

Art by Rebecca Lee Kunz (Cherokee Nation) on Cover of THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE

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What a delight this morning (July 5, 2025) to see art by Rebecca Lee Kunz (Cherokee Nation) on the cover of the July/August 2025 The Horn Bo...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Highly Recommended: REDress

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  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED REDress: Art, Action, and the Power of Presence Edited by Jaime Black-Morsette (Metis) Published by Portage and Main Pr...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Will Native Presence at Alcatraz by removed or covered up by Trump Administration?

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Update on Sept 27, 2025: At the end of this original post on June 14, 2025, I am adding changes on the Alcatraz website.  On June 13, 2025 T...
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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Why I am not recommending children's books by Thomas King

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Why I am no longer recommending books by Thomas King? Because I am no longer confident that he is Cherokee.  When I was teaching at the Univ...
Sunday, June 08, 2025

Not Recommended: Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, by Lois Lowry

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Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry came out in 2002. In 2005, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother came out and there are a few more Gooney Bird bo...
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Indigenous Food Knowledge in 2 New Books

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  Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? Celebrating the Seasons Written by Tyna Legault Taylor (Attawapiskat First Nation) Illustrated by Michelle...
Tuesday, May 06, 2025

Notes on Core Knowledge's Language Arts Unit 8 Activity Book on Native Americans

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A few teachers have written to ask me about the Native Americans unit in Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) for grade 5. For them and other...
Friday, May 02, 2025

Highly Recommended! FIERCE AUNTIES! by Laurel Goodluck and Steph Littlebird

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Fierce Aunties! Written by Laurel Goodluck ( Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) Illustrated by Steph Littlebird ( member of Oregon’s Grand Ronde C...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Notes about proposed Netflix show, Little House on the Prairie

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Some time back I read that Netflix was going to do a reboot of Little House on the Prairie. I groaned. I'm going to use this page to kee...

Highly Recommended: WE WEAVE by Daniel W. Vandever and Deonoveigh Mitchell

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We Weave Written by Daniel W. Vandever (Diné) Illustrated by Deonoveigh Mitchell (Diné) Published in 2024 Publisher: South of Sunrise Creati...

Highly Recommended: Yáadilá! Good Grief! More to say about this wonderful book!

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Back in January, I did a first-look 'highly recommended' post about Yáadilá!: Good Grief!   I heaped praise on the way Laurel Goodlu...