Debbie Reese (tribally enrolled, Nambé Pueblo), Discover and Read the Best of Twitter Threads by @debreese

Debbie Reese (tribally enrolled, Nambé Pueblo)

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Just bought a copy of Dr. Leilani Sabzalian's (@leilanisabz) new book to help me analyze children/teen books about Sacagawea. It includes lesson plans that push against the ways the Lewis

1) More and more I am seeing people in the US talk about doing a Land Acknowledgement at their meeting, conference, or event. 2) If you're wondering what a Land

Watching @BishopNaomi give a webinar on the American Indian Library Association's Youth Literature Awards. AILA President Cindy Hohl introduced Naomi, and then we're off! Will tweet as I can. Great

When asked abt a writer/their book(s), my questions are:Is the writer Native? If no, I'm skeptical. My experiences are that non-Native writers recycle stereotypes, tropes that feed an ongoing cycle.

1) This photo is from an online page @studiesweekly created. If your district uses materials Studies Weekly creates, children are being mis-educated. I'll do a brief analysis in this thread.

1) October 12th is Indigenous Peoples' Day! Start planning now, to give friends, students, and family members accurate information about who we are! 2) Did you notice I said "are"

1) So... a tweet about a Native woman prof at ASU who got COVID and died came into my timeline a few days ago. Yesterday I started seeing tweets that

Signed in to the "Toppling Mission Mythologies Conference" on Zoom. Participants include Amy Lonetree, Cutcha Risling Baldy, Renya Ramirez and Deborah Miranda. Assemblyman James Ramos is MC. He says there's

In selecting books for children and young adults, many people default to things they read when they were kids themselves. Even after decades of terrific bks by Native and POC,

1) Dear #Parents of kids in elem schools:I'm not tagging your account or your school's account, but a lot of schools do biased and racist and educationally WRONG activities to

1) Did you share @amightygirl's list of children's books about Native girls without clicking thru to see what the list includes? The graphic that is traveling the Internet with the