Good morning,
I'm a new subscriber to the list. I spent some
time this morning reading through archives to
familiarize myself with past discussions.
I'm tribally enrolled at Nambe Pueblo in northern
NM. A former schoolteacher, I am currently on the
faculty in American Indian Studies at the
University of Illinois. My PhD is in Education.
I study the ways that American Indians are
portrayed in children's and YA books, lesson
plans, curricular materials, pop culture and so on.
As a former teacher, I know that teachers spend
their own money on professional development, and
I know how precious time is. Though I publish in
journals and books, I wanted to get research and
writing on this topic out of the 'academy' and
into the hands of teachers, parents, and
librarians who work with children on a day-to-day
basis. Hence, I created a resource called
American Indians in Children's Literature. I will
forewarn you, that most of what's published now
and in the past, is highly problematic. On my
site, you'll see lot of critical (and sometimes
snarky) writing about classics such as LITTLE
HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, or newer books like I AM
APACHE. I've got essays about THE EDUCATION OF
LITTLE TREE, and picture books you can use to
examine perspective and bias (example of that is
Susan Jeffers BROTHER EAGLE SISTER SKY).
Please do take a look. I hope that the site
proves useful. It's been live since 2006. I post
new material about three times a week. Site
visits are over 400,000. I've got book reviews,
but also links to extended articles (all free, full text) on this topic.
The site address is:
americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net
Sincerely,
Debbie Reese
Visit my Internet resource:
American Indians in Children's Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net
Debbie A. Reese (Nambé O'-ween-ge')
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House, Room 2005
1204 West Nevada Street, MC-138
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Email: [email protected]
TEL 217-265-9885
FAX 217-265-9880
_______________________________________________
The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org
To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to
http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org.
Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
