We examine the stories in books targeted for 4-8-year-old children, contrasting the texts generated by Native American authors versus popular non-Native authors. We focus specifically on the implicit and explicit epistemological orientations' associated with relations between human beings and the rest...
Writing by Native authors is foundational to the field of nonfictionperiod.So, this isn’t an anthology of Native writers per se but actually a collection of nonfiction that is centering the voices of Native writers. The distinction between those two things was really important to both of us. ...
. . There are other family secrets waiting to be uncovered, and a Native American heritage Maddie knew nothing about. Most surprising of all, there is the glimmer of a very different future—a chance to connect with her people and find herself, and perhaps find love, on this beautiful, ...
students and teachers, but also fine for native speakers of English. http://www2.gol.com/users/norrisTHE MANY ROADS TO JAPAN * * *N B VanYoos Book One in a Series. There are those who may appear to be miracle workers, but beware of a distorted life form that may bring harm to th...
[Access article in PDF] _title A Sea of Good Intentions: Native Americans in Books for Children _/title _authorname Melissa Kay Thompson _/authorname _text _epigraph Th[e] disparate treatment of both property and political rights [of Indian nations in contrast to non-Indian] is not the ...
chefs and entrepreneurs who helped expand Milwaukee's palate and pushed the scene to the forefront of the farm-to-fork movement. Milwaukee native and food writer Lori Fredrich serves up the story of a bustling blue-collar town that became a mecca for food lovers and a rising star in the ...
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voicesby Lisa Charleyboy (Tsilhqot’in) and Mary Beth Leatherdale (Annick, 2014) Book Video Co-authors Video Elatsoeby Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache), illustrated by Rovina Cai (Levine Querido, 2020) ...
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A Marshall, Texas native and graduate of Xavier University in New Orleans, Claude Organ was accepted by the University of Texas Medical School but refused admittance when officials discovered he was black. The state of Texas paid the tuition difference between UT and any school a denied black at...
I read The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and found it so interesting and I have it on my keeper shelf. But some of my favorites in fiction aren’t on the list. I just finished Bookworm and loved it. Also, The Sentence, set in a Native American bookshop is wonderful, a...