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From: lhendr at unm.edu <lhendr>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 10:51:45 -0700 (MST)
Dear Nancy,
I'm going to take the liberty of responding to you although I have no official connection with the CCBC list.
(1) You may not be aware that the list is monitored and discussion is limited to particular topics on an agenda that is posted from time to time. All of this information is also available in the archives on the CCBC website. You should have received all this information when you subscribed. The most recent discussion, on the first 3 Harry Potter books, seems to have wandered off onto larger issues regarding fantasy literature and opposition to it, and in fact in some cases to have sadly degenerated into personal attacks.
(2) A good source for the kind of information you are seeking would be the archives for this listserve and for child_lit where the topic of Native Americans in children's books has been addressed numerous times. There are also several websites, of which I'm sure you are aware, since you're writing a textbook (apparently related to children's literature?), that contain a wealth of resources on children's literature, on Native Americans in children's and adult literature, and that provide links and references to numerous other sources of information. I would also recommend that you consult Beverly Slapin and Doris Seale's _Through Indian Eyes_.
Frankly, I'm rather appalled that someone writing a textbook appears to be unfamiliar with books (other than Rinaldi's) on the Native American boarding school experience more recent than Hal Borland's _When the Legends Die_ (1963), and would turn to this listserve as a first choice for seeking additional information.
Linnea
Linnea Hendrickson Albuquerque, New Mexico Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism (1987) at: http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr Lhendr at unm.edu
Received on Wed 01 Dec 1999 11:51:45 AM CST
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 10:51:45 -0700 (MST)
Dear Nancy,
I'm going to take the liberty of responding to you although I have no official connection with the CCBC list.
(1) You may not be aware that the list is monitored and discussion is limited to particular topics on an agenda that is posted from time to time. All of this information is also available in the archives on the CCBC website. You should have received all this information when you subscribed. The most recent discussion, on the first 3 Harry Potter books, seems to have wandered off onto larger issues regarding fantasy literature and opposition to it, and in fact in some cases to have sadly degenerated into personal attacks.
(2) A good source for the kind of information you are seeking would be the archives for this listserve and for child_lit where the topic of Native Americans in children's books has been addressed numerous times. There are also several websites, of which I'm sure you are aware, since you're writing a textbook (apparently related to children's literature?), that contain a wealth of resources on children's literature, on Native Americans in children's and adult literature, and that provide links and references to numerous other sources of information. I would also recommend that you consult Beverly Slapin and Doris Seale's _Through Indian Eyes_.
Frankly, I'm rather appalled that someone writing a textbook appears to be unfamiliar with books (other than Rinaldi's) on the Native American boarding school experience more recent than Hal Borland's _When the Legends Die_ (1963), and would turn to this listserve as a first choice for seeking additional information.
Linnea
Linnea Hendrickson Albuquerque, New Mexico Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism (1987) at: http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr Lhendr at unm.edu
Received on Wed 01 Dec 1999 11:51:45 AM CST
