Native poets - Earthworks series

Are you looking for new Native-authored material for your senior English classes? You might consider the Earthworks series. There is a terri...

Lois Beardslee on Mackinac Island Press

Lois Beardless, author of Rachel's Children , offered the essay below for posting on this blog. It is longer than typical posts to this...

Borders promoting a "Chief Illiniwek" book Today's post is a call to action. As regular readers know, I'm home (Nambe Pueb...

From Santa Fe Indian School... Giving an on-line hello to people I'm meeting at the campus of the Santa Fe Indian School, where SFIS is ...

Debbie and Michael Shoulders' D IS FOR DRUM: A NATIVE AMERICAN ALPHABET

Some time ago, I received a copy of  D is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet by Debbie and Michael Shoulders. Right away I groaned. The co...

Bunky Echo-Hawk

Take a look at the work of Bunky Echo-Hawk. Provocative, intriguing, fun blend of Native themes and pop culture, politics... This piece is...

Heading Home I'm going home, to Nambe Pueblo, for awhile. Blog posts will be infrequent for a month or so while Liz and I goof off there...

American Girls - the store in north Chicago

Earlier this week I was in downtown Chicago, just walking, with dear friend Jean Mendoza. We walked past the American Girls store and decide...

Native students in Chicago Public Schools On Tuesday (June 12), I was at Lakeview High School in Chicago for "The Faces of Native Ameri...

Diane Ravitch Diane Ravitch is a key player in national politics and government here in the US. Among her many books is one called The Lang...

Sherman Alexie's blog Sherman Alexie, author of a terrific YA book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian , has been writing o...

"We" the People?

A few years back, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association began a "We the People" Bookshelf...

Tim Tingle's Spirits Dark and Light: Supernatural Tales from the Five Civilized Tribes [Note: This review used with permission by its a...

Elizabeth Anne Reese Yun Povi My daughter graduated from high school on Saturday. After receiving her diploma, my parents and nephews ...