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Highly Recommended: Yáadilá! Good Grief! More to say about this wonderful book!
Back in January, I did a first-look 'highly recommended' post about Yáadilá!: Good Grief! I heaped praise on the way Laurel Goodluck and Jonathan Nelson presented the story. At the end of that post, I...
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Highly Recommended: WE WEAVE by Daniel W. Vandever and Deonoveigh Mitchell
We WeaveWritten by Daniel W. Vandever (Diné)Illustrated by Deonoveigh Mitchell (Diné)Published in 2024Publisher: South of Sunrise CreativeReviewer: Debbie ReeseReview Status: Highly Recommended****Why...
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Notes about proposed Netflix show, Little House on the Prairie
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 keep track of what I see. April 10, 2025:Most recently I saw this...
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Highly Recommended! FIERCE AUNTIES! by Laurel Goodluck and Steph Littlebird
Fierce Aunties!Written by Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara)Illustrated by Steph Littlebird (member of Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes)Published in 2024Publisher: Simon &...
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Notes on Core Knowledge's Language Arts Unit 8 Activity Book on Native Americans
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 others interested, I've downloaded it and will make notes here as...
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Indigenous Food Knowledge in 2 New Books
Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? Celebrating the SeasonsWritten by Tyna Legault Taylor (Attawapiskat First Nation)Illustrated by Michelle Dao (Vietnamese Canadian)Published in 2025Published by Portage...
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Not Recommended: Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, by Lois Lowry
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 books since then. Of course, Lowry has written many books --...
View ArticleWhy I am not recommending children's books by Thomas King
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 University of Illinois (as a grad student, a post doc, and then an...
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Will Native Presence at Alcatraz by removed or covered up by Trump...
On June 13, 2025 The New York Times published an article titled National Parks Are Told to Delete Content that 'Disparages Americans.' Here's the first four paragraphs of the article by Lisa...
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Highly Recommended: REDress
HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDREDress: Art, Action, and the Power of PresenceEdited by Jaime Black-Morsette (Metis)Published by Portage and Main PressPublished in 2025Reviewer: Jean MendozaReview Status: Highly...
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