Presentation of American Indian Library Association Youth Lit Award

If you're attending the American Library Association's Annual Conference this summer (June 26-July) in Anaheim, get a ticket for th...

Van Camp and Leitich Smith at Illinois Youth Literature Festival

Exciting news to share! Two of my favorite Native writers-- Cynthia Leitich Smith and Richard Van Camp --will be in Urbana-Champaign Octob...

Joseph Bruchac's BUFFALO SONG

[Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission of Beverly Slapin.] ____________________ Bruchac, Joseph, Buffa...

Something I wrote ten years ago...

Ten years ago today (April 15, 1998), a reflection I wrote was published on-line at the site maintained by Kay Vandergrift at Rutgers. It i...

2008 Lacapa Spirit Prize Winner

PRESS RELEASE Winner Named: Lacapa Spirit Prize for Southwest Children’s Literature April 6, 2008 The Lacapa Spirit Prize is proud to...

Congrats to creative force behind WHEN THE SHADBUSH BLOOMS

  When the Shadbush Blooms , written by Carla Messinger and Susan Katz, illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden has been selected for inclu...

Erdrich's Illustrations on Notecards

As fans of Birchbark House know, the illustrations in the book were done by Louise Erdrich. Her store, Birchbark Books, was exhibiting at t...

Letter from Nambe Leader

As sovereign nations, we have forms of government and systems by which we select leaders. At Nambe Pueblo (my home), we elect a governor to ...

Art by Bunky Echo-Hawk

Last summer I talked about the work of a terrific artist, Bunky Echo-Hawk. His artist statement is on the website of the Native American Ri...

Nicholson and Morin-Neilson's NIWECHIHAW/I HELP

(Note: This review may not be published elsewhere without written permission of Beverly Slapin.) Nicholson, Caitlin Dale, and Leona Morin-N...