Ms. Warren: Mascots have serious consequences

Did you see the video that started circulating yesterday? The one that shows Scott Brown's staff making war whoops and doing the tomaha...

Dear Elizabeth Warren: I know kids who would ask their parents for proof of their identity

Yesterday (September 24, 2012), Elizabeth Warren responded to Scott Brown's attack on her heritage by putting out an ad in which she rhe...

Trailer: THE LESSER BLESSED

Watch: Did you watch it? If not, do it now. I'm not easily given to profuse out-loud exclamations like OMG or WOW, but this trailer prom...

Library of Congress: "52 Great Reads"

With the National Book Festival happening this weekend in DC, I was looking over their webpages. On the " Educator's Share " p...

Dear Scott Brown: Do you know what Native Americans look like?

At the end of May, I wrote about Elizabeth Warren (running for US Senate against incumbent Scott Brown) and her family story about how they ...

AICL on Pinterest

Recently, I created a Pinterest account for the purpose of promoting selected literature by and about American Indians. Here's a screen ...

Barbara Cooney's MISS RUMPHIUS: Take Two

Editor's Note: Back in 2009 , I wrote up a short note about Barbara Cooney's Miss Rumphius. Because the book is on the We Give Books...

Horn Book interviews Louise Erdrich

Head over to Horn Book to read Martha Parravano's interview with Louise Erdrich ! Martha asked her about the two men who kidnap Chickade...

New website: Chickasaw TV

One of the very best things teachers and librarians can do is to select a single tribe and learn all they can about it. Going in-depth with ...

New YA Book Award: the BURT AWARD FOR FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND INUIT LITERATURE

This is exciting news out of Canada from CODE, a Canadian NGO that supports literacy and learning! From the CODE website : The Burt Award fo...

LIFE IN A SIOUX VILLAGE, by Sally Senzell Isaacs

Capstone Classoom is offering a " Common Core Grade 3 Curriculum Bundle " that includes Sally Senzell Isaacs's Life in a Sioux...