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Debbie Reese to Host IndigenousXca from March 17 through March 24
Sharing some great news! Chelsea Vowell of apihtawikosisan asked me to host IndigenousXca from March 17 through March 24. If you're not tapped into Native networks on Twitter, you're probably wondering...
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Beverly Slapin's Review of Bruchac's THE HUNTER'S PROMISE: AN ABENAKI TALE
Editor's Note: Beverly Slapin submitted this review essay of Joseph Bruchac's The Hunter's Promise. It may not be used elsewhere without her written permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 2016....
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Following up on Emily Henry's THE LOVE THAT SPLIT THE WORLD
Back in January, a reader wrote to ask me about Emily Henry's The Love that Split the World. I've now gotten a copy, read it, and am working on an in-depth review of it.However! Last week I learned it...
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Eric Jennings, Sherman Alexie, and Damaging Perceptions about Alcohol Use...
Yesterday on Twitter, Annie Pho tweeted this image:The words in the image she tweeted are a 2016 article by Eric Jennings, titled "The librarian stereotype: How librarians are damaging their image and...
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Debbie--have you seen THE NIGHT TOURIST by Katherine Marsh
This "have you seen" post is, more or less, a note to myself to put Katherine Marsh's The Night Tourist on my list of books to read. Of late, I'm finding/learning about several books that are set in...
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Debbie--have you seen JOURNEY INTO MOHAWK COUNTRY by Harmen Meyndertsz von...
Debbie, have you seen...A reader writes to ask me if I've read Journey Into Hawk Country. I haven't. Here's the synopsis from WorldCat:An illustrated children's version of the journal of a young Dutch...
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DARK ENERGY by Robison Wells
Source: http://blogs.aaslh.org/big-questions/In January, a reader wrote to ask me about Dark Energy by Robison Wells. I got an ARC (advanced reader copy) from Edelweiss and read it last week. I have a...
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DRAGONFLY KITES, written by Tomson Highway; illustrated by Julie Flett
Terrific news! Tomson Highway's Dragonfly Kites is available again--this time with art by Julie Flett!Fifteen years ago, I learned about three delightful picture books by Tomson Highway. Illustrated by...
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Debbie--have you seen Erin Petti's THE PECULIAR HAUNTING OF THELMA BEE?
Debbie--have you seen...Adding Erin Petti's The Peculiar Haunting of Thelma Bee to my "have you seen" series. Here's the synopsis:Eleven-year-old budding scientist Thelma Bee has adventure in her...
View ArticleDebbie--have you seen S.D. Nelson's SITTING BULL: LAKOTA WARRIOR AND DEFENDER...
Last year, I referenced S. D. Nelson's Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People in an article I did for School Library Journal. I hadn't read it then, and haven't studied it yet, but...
View ArticleANPAO by Jamake Highwater
Friday (April 8, 2016), I used Skype to give a long-distance talk for the Spotlight on Books conference in Minnesota. In the Q&A, I was asked about Jamake Highwater's Anpao. I've mentioned that...
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Beverly Slapin's review of FIRE IN THE VILLAGE, by Anne M. Dunn
Editor's Note: Beverly Slapin submitted this review essay of Anne M. Dunn's Fire in the Village. It may not be used elsewhere without her written permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 2016. Slapin...
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UNSTOPPABLE by Tim Green
In the last couple of months, I've been reading a lot about the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Prior to this study, I knew about it because ICWA is something most Native people know about. Right now,...
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"Native Americans" category on Jeopardy
In 2011, one of the clues on Jeopardy was "The National Museum of the American Indian." None of the contestants selected a clue in that category until they had no choice:NMAI (the National Museum of...
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SWEET HOME ALASKA by Carole Estby Dagg
Earlier this year, several people wrote to ask me about Carole Estby Dagg's Sweet Home Alaska, a story set in Alaska, in 1934, about the Matanuska Colony (also called the Palmer Colony). The map to the...
View ArticleBeverly Slapin's review of PRAIRIE DOG SONGS: THE KEY TO SAVING NORTH...
Editor's Note: Beverly Slapin submitted this review of Susan L. Roth's Prairie Dog Songs. It may not be used elsewhere without her written permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 2016. Slapin is...
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Lois Lenski's INDIAN CAPTIVE
My copy of Lois Lenski's Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison includes an excerpt from Lenski's autobiography. In it, she writes that she was surprised to win the Newbery Medal for Strawberry Girl...
View ArticleTARGET by Patrick Jones
Two years ago, I was asked about Target, by Patrick Jones. Published in 2014 by Lerner, I read part of it then, and am returning to it now. Target is in the "Alternative" series of books Jones writes....
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Why the question "Cultural Appreciation or Appropriation" is the wrong one
This morning I read Monica Edinger's post, titled Cultural Appreciation or Appropriation? about the "Hindu festival of Holi being taken and reconfigured by a company of white Germans into a hipster...
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Theo Tso's CAPTAIN PAIUTE (is awesome!!!)
Among the gems of 2015 is Theo Tso's Captain Paiute: Indigenous Defender of the Southwest.Captain Paiute is published by Native Realities. As you can see by the cover of this comic, Captain Paiute is a...
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