Cheryl Savageau's MUSKRAT WILL BE SWIMMING

One area of my research is the analysis of American Indian folktales that are marketed as picture books for children. I submitted an article...

Teaching about Indians, Part I

I often get private emails from teachers asking about best practice in terms of teaching about American Indians. Over a series of blog posts...

Joy Harjo's THE GOOD LUCK CAT

In my "links" I include links to Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog and her website. She's got some terrific books ( Jingle Danc...

In "comments" to my previous post, Opal noted that American Indians get short shrift in history classes, in part due to state stan...

Note on page design: When I started this blog, I used white text on black background because web-design books said that is easier on the eye...

Exciting news! The Before Columbus Foundation has selected A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children to receive a 2006 Am...