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American Indians in Children's Literature
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Discussion of American Indians in popular, classic, and bestselling children's books; ino on resources to gain insight to strengths and weaknesses of these books.
- Added on: Jul 2nd, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Books Education Culture
- Tags: awards lesson plans recommended thanksgiving alexie resource for teachers
Recent Posts
Did P.C. and Kristin Cast plagiarize?
Yesterday, I posted a rather jumbled piece about Marked, by P.C. and Kristin Cast. I titled that piece "P.C. and Kristin Cast Plagiarize" but, the plagiarism discussion is lost in the other thoughts I had as I read the book. Here's just the portions ...
P.C. and Kristin Cast Plagiarize in MARKED
To see only the plagiarism section of what I wrote below, click here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Back on November 13, 2009, I posted my first response to the House of Night vampire series by P. C. Cast ...
"I is for Indian Village"
Head on over to Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert's blog, Beyond the Mesas, and read his entry on December 16, 2009: "I is for Indian Village" - Photographs and Hopi Protocols.When you go to a National Park, there are signs all over the place that tell you ...
INDIAN BOYHOOD and MIDDLE FIVE - use in 1904
Two of the books on my list of recommended books are The Middle Five by Francis LaFlesche and Indian Boyhood by Charles Alexander Eastman. Both can be used by students in grades 7 through 12. I'm thinking about those two books because I've come acros...
New cover for Erdrich\'s BIRCHBARK HOUSE
Each semester in my courses at Illinois, we read Louise Erdrich's Birchbark House. It's a terrific book, as are the two that followed it, Game of Silence, and, Porcupine Year. This time, one of the students had a copy with a cover I'd not seen before...
Sexy Indians...
As soon I wrote the title for this post, I realized it will probably generate a lot of hits from people looking for porn... As I said last year, Meyer's books (amongst other problems) are like soft porn. Recently I was e-talking about Twilight ...
