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From: Debbie Reese <dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:26:46 -0500
Yes! Humor and matter of face storytelling are two wonderful facets of How I Became a Ghost.
One of the things that I noted right away is the opening for Chapter 1 where the setting is established as:
Choctaw Nation, Mississippi, 1830
The word Nation is vitally important. Its prominence there provides an entree to the Trail of Tears that frames it--not as 'primitive' Indians (like the ones shown in Little House)--but the Choctaw's as a political entity who'd been in diplomatic negotiations with the US government.
Other things that push back on the predominant image of primitive/roaming Indians of historical fiction are Isaac's mom calling to him from the back porch and the fact that they raise chickens and that they garden, too.
And, Isaac--a 10-year-old--knows about treaties and what they mean... That, too, is reality.
Debbie
__________________________________________________________ Debbie Reese, PhD Tribally enrolled: Nambe Pueblo
Email: dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com
Website: American Indians in Children's Literature
_at_ http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net
Now: Studying for MLIS at San Jose State University Then: Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies, University of Illinois
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:26:46 -0500
Yes! Humor and matter of face storytelling are two wonderful facets of How I Became a Ghost.
One of the things that I noted right away is the opening for Chapter 1 where the setting is established as:
Choctaw Nation, Mississippi, 1830
The word Nation is vitally important. Its prominence there provides an entree to the Trail of Tears that frames it--not as 'primitive' Indians (like the ones shown in Little House)--but the Choctaw's as a political entity who'd been in diplomatic negotiations with the US government.
Other things that push back on the predominant image of primitive/roaming Indians of historical fiction are Isaac's mom calling to him from the back porch and the fact that they raise chickens and that they garden, too.
And, Isaac--a 10-year-old--knows about treaties and what they mean... That, too, is reality.
Debbie
__________________________________________________________ Debbie Reese, PhD Tribally enrolled: Nambe Pueblo
Email: dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com
Website: American Indians in Children's Literature
_at_ http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net
Now: Studying for MLIS at San Jose State University Then: Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies, University of Illinois
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