Native Trailblazers, or In Search of “500 Brave Native Americans”
Grandson Will, age 8, sings along to Pete Seeger at the top of his lungs: “’Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo. 500 brave Nativ...
Highly Recommended: WHEN WE PLAY OUR DRUMS, THEY SING by Richard Van Camp + LUCY & LOLA by Monique Gray Smith
When We Play Our Drums, They Sing by Richard Van Camp and Lucy & Lola by Monique Gray Smith are two outstanding books... in one. Here...
Apple, Echo, and the Importance of “More Than One Book"
Two Native high school girls, two unique stories about not fitting in, and about trying to make sense of Indigenous heritage/ancestry when ...
Debbie--have you seen SQUIRM by Carl Hiaasen?
A reader of AICL wrote to ask if I've seen Squirm by Carl Hiassen. Published in 2018 by Knopf (Penguin Random House) here's the des...
Not recommended: Scott Kelley's I AM BIRCH
A colleague wrote to ask me about Scott Kelley's I Am Birch. Published in 2018 by Islandport Press, it is getting a 'not recommended...
Classic, Award-Winning, Popular Books with Racist, Biased Depictions of Indigenous People
In my experience, a lot of people don't remember or realize that classic, award-winning, or popular books have Native content in them th...
