From: Tattercoat at aol.com <Tattercoat>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:41:03 EDT

Since I was out of country (in Montreal actually) I've missed some of this month's discussion. Will we discuss--or at least mention--the very interesting books of Carol Matas? Her PRIMROSE PATH is a searing and intelligent depiction of what can happen in a community after the discloser of abuse by a respected leader--in this case a charismatic rabbi.

Leading into our October discussion topic, Canada has several small Native and Metis run publishing houses that have done much needed work in publishing culturally accurate children's books, many by Native authors. Pemmican Press, I believe, published the delightful, cumulative concept book WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MOCCASINS?, by Bernalda Wheeler (Mohawk).

MY NAME IS SEEPEETZA, by Shirley Sterling (Niakapmux), a journal-style story of life in an Indian residential school, was published by Groundwood with help from the Canadian Council and the Ontario Arts Council. I am wondering about the role of government funding for small press/cultural publishing in Canada. My guess is that governmental support for the arts looks very different there than in the U. S. and that this influences children's literature in concrete ways. Can list members from Canada fill us in?

Carolyn Lehman Humboldt State University Arcata, CA USA
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