[LM_NET] 8th Graders Analyze SIGN OF THE BEAVER

[Debbie Reese <debreese@UIUC.EDU>]

Dear Colleagues,

Posts to AMERICAN INDIANS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
(http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com) this week include an 
essay from Karen, a classroom teacher, who writes about her eighth graders and 
their analysis of SIGN OF THE BEAVER. I posted her essay on March 20th. Below are 
posts I added this week:

Monday, March 19, 2007
Paul Chaat Smith on BROTHER EAGLE SISTER SKY and
THE EDUCATION OF LITLE TREE
----Paul Chaat Smith is an enrolled member of the Comanche
Tribe of Oklahoma and has worked extensively at the National
Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian, Washington DC).

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Eighth Graders Analyze SIGN OF THE BEAVER
---An essay submitted by a classroom teacher

Wednesday, March 21, 207
Article: "Getting the 'Indian' Out of the Cupboard: Using
Information Literacy to Promote Critical Thinking," by
Thonda Harris Taylor and Lotsee Patterson

Thursday, March 22, 2007
American Sociological Association statement on Native
American nicknames, logos, and mascots

Have a good week, and please share this email with others who work with children 
and children's books.

Debbie 

Debbie A. Reese, (Nambé Pueblo)
Assistant Professor
American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1206 West Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801

Email: debreese@uiuc.edu 

Internet Resource & Blog: American Indians in Children's Literature, located at 
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

UIUC's Native American House http://www.nah.uiuc.edu
TEL 217-265-9870
FAX 217-265-9880

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