Good News about Tim Tingle's Crossing Bok Chitto Tim Tingle's Crossing Bok Chitto has been selected for inclusion on the American L...

BATTLEFIELD'S AND BURIAL GROUNDS

Thinking, today, about three items: Museums, American Indians, the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act, and a book called Battlefiel...

Pamela Porter's Sky [This review used by permission of its author, Beverly Slapin. It may not be published elsewhere without her written...

The LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Makeover

According to the January 29, 2007 edition of Newsweek , the acclaimed Little House on the Prairie series is getting a makeover. For the 75...

"Proceed with Caution: Using Native American Folktales in the Classroom" The January 2007 issue of Language Arts , published by th...

Representation, Stereotypes of American Indians, "Chief Illiniwek" Those of you familiar with UIUC know that its sports team masco...

Marlene Carvell's Sweetgrass Basket [This review is by Beverly Slapin and used with her permission. It may not be published elsewhere wi...

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

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

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

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...