Dartmouth, Mascots, and Civility (or lack thereof)

Some weeks ago I wrote about UIUC's "tacos and tequila" frat/sorority "exchange." In weeks following, we learned tha...

Montana's "Indian Education for All" program

I've been hearing good things about Montana's "Indian Education for All" program. Essentially, it is an initiative designe...

Tim Kessler's WHEN GOD MADE THE DAKOTAS

[Note: This review is used by permission of its authors. It may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the authors.] ___...

Index of Books Reviewed (or otherwise referenced) in A BROKEN FLUTE: THE NATIVE EXPERIENCE IN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

In 2005, one of the very best resources for critical reviews of book with American Indian content was published. The book is called A Broken...

Search terms Nothing substantive today, just offering you a glimpse of search terms by which people found the blog as of 11:30 today. The s...

Those Thanksgiving Lesson Plans

Newspapers everywhere carry articles about Thanksgiving and how it is taught in local schools. To protect the students who played roles in t...

I'm adding a few images to the site. See, for example, the covers of Jingle Dancer and Where Did You Get Your Moccasins. Addition to m...

Muscogee (Creek) author, Cynthia Leitich Smith One of my favorite authors of children's books with Native characters is Cynthia Leitich ...

Bernelda Wheeler's WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MOCCASINS

Early childhood classrooms generally have a "Show and Tell" segment of the day during which one child talks about a special item h...

Marlinda White-Kaulaity's article in ALAN REVIEW

Thanks to Cynsations (Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog), I learned of an article I want to highlight today. The article is in ALAN Review ...

Joseph A. Dandurand's Please Do Not Touch the Indians [Note: This review used by permission of its author. It may not be published else...

Thanksgiving Lesson Plans Below is a post from back in September that I'm repeating today. Instead of the problematic "Thanksgivin...

Children's books about Thanksgiving [This essay is by Kara Stewart.] I am a teacher. I am also Native American (Sappony). I’m very...