Eric Gansworth's IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE

In my mail on Saturday (October 27, 2012), was a galley for Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here , published by Scholastic.  The c...

"This is Not Who I Am, And this is Not OK"

Last year, students in Ohio University's S*T*A*R*S (Students Teaching About Racism in Society) student group launched a campaign to push...

Coming up: Native American Month 2012

We're about a week away from the month that the President of the United States designates as Native American Month. Below are suggestion...

DVD: Racing the Rez

In the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Pueblo Indians fought and drove the Spanish out of our homelands. The revolt was carefully planned by tribal l...

About Russell Means...

Early yesterday (October 22, 2012), I learned that Russell Means had passed away. As I thought about Russell Means, I remembered when I firs...

Kateri Tekakwitha a "squaw"?! Her father "pagan"? Nun in toy headdress?!

I spent some of the last 24 hours following news coverage of the canonizaton of Kateri Tekakwitha. As I noted yesterday , for Native people ...

Stereotypes and the Canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha

Catholics and a great many Native people know that Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized a few hours ago in Rome. She is now a saint. Some news st...

Creating a Library Atmosphere that Welcomes American Indians

Recently on LM-NET, a librarian asked what she can do to make her library's atmosphere culturally sensitive towards Native children. One...

Anita Silvey: DANNY AND THE DINOSAUR "works brilliantly as a way to chase the blues away from all children."

Today (October 18, 2012) at her popular Children's Book-A-Day Almanac, Anita Silvey is featuring Syd Hoff's Danny and the Dinosaur. ...

Ethnic Studies Under Fire, Oct 18 2012, Urbana Free Library

Ben Esposito's "Kachina"

IndieCade, or, the International Festival of Independent Games was held last week, October 4-7, 2012. Ben Esposito's "Kachina"...

Read Bruchac's SKELETON MAN for "All Hallows Read"

On Sunday, October 7, 2012, the Eat Sleep Read group on Facebook posted this image: Isn't the image cool? I like it a lot and am sharin...

Anyone in TUSD teaching from RETHINKING COLUMBUS?

Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson's edited volume,  Rethinking Columbus,  was being used in the Tucson Unified School District a year ago, b...

"What Happened After Chief Short Cake Died?" and "Squaw Bury Short Cake"

The title for today's blog post comes from this math worksheet: The photo was taken by the mother of a Native student in a school in Wis...