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1) Did you share @amightygirl& #39;s list of children& #39;s books about Native girls without clicking thru to see what the list includes?
The graphic that is traveling the Internet with the link shows a book by Tim Tingle and one by Louise Erdrich, which may make you think, "yay!"
The graphic that is traveling the Internet with the link shows a book by Tim Tingle and one by Louise Erdrich, which may make you think, "yay!"
2) Before you share a booklist, please click through and see what else is being recommended.
A Mighty Girl& #39;s list includes Paul Goble& #39;s THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES.
That is not a Native story. Goble made it up.
Yes, I know it won a Caldecott. But...
A Mighty Girl& #39;s list includes Paul Goble& #39;s THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES.
That is not a Native story. Goble made it up.
Yes, I know it won a Caldecott. But...
3) ... Goble thought it was perfectly fine to read or listen to Native stories and retell them, and sell them as being Native stories.
But let& #39;s be frank. Every Native book that Goble wrote is a White Man& #39;s story.
But let& #39;s be frank. Every Native book that Goble wrote is a White Man& #39;s story.
4) Goble& #39;s THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES and the Iktomi ones, are especially problematic. @Amightygirl, please take it off your list.
5) Looking over A Mighty Girl& #39;s list of 40 books about Native girls, 18 of them are flawed.
6) A Mighty Girl first published this list in Nov of 2015. I wrote to them to ask that they take off some books. Some of them are gone from the current list. I have no idea if they did that because of my request. Hopefully, I am not the only one who wrote to them.
7) So--thanks, @amightygirl for removing flawed bks:
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
SING DOWN THE MOON
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
There& #39;s more work to do, though, to make your current list of 40 books a list with integrity.
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
SING DOWN THE MOON
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
There& #39;s more work to do, though, to make your current list of 40 books a list with integrity.
