Books by and about American Indians: 2005

Books by and about American Indians: 2005

Each year, the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison publishes an important year-in-review booklet c...
News regarding Seale and Slapin's A Broken Flute: The Native Perspective in Books for Children Shonto Begay. Eve Bunting. Ann Nolan Clar...
Choosing Children's Books about American Indians On Friday, January 26, I will be in Chicago leading a workshop for elementary school te...
Teaching Sterling's MY NAME IS SEEPEETZA and Tohe's NO PAROLE TODAY

Teaching Sterling's MY NAME IS SEEPEETZA and Tohe's NO PAROLE TODAY

Last night I watched a video in which a teacher engages her middle school students in a study of boarding schools for American Indian studen...
Some Thoughts On Teaching About Native Americans by John A. Duerk [Note from Debbie: Several weeks ago, I began email correspondence with J...
Geraldine McCaughrean's PETER PAN IN SCARLET

Geraldine McCaughrean's PETER PAN IN SCARLET

A couple of weeks ago, a reader of this blog wrote to me to ask if I’d read Geraldine McCaughrean’s book, Peter Pan in Scarlet , released on...
Allen Sockabasin's THANKS TO THE ANIMALS

Allen Sockabasin's THANKS TO THE ANIMALS

My family in New Mexico is among those coping with a huge snowfall. My sister says there's two feet outside her door. They're in nor...