From: Norma Jean Sawicki <nsawicki_at_nyc.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:48:09 -0500

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867, the first LIttle House book was published in 1932.

I have not been able to find Tim Tingle's birthdate but he began collecting his stories in the early 1990s.

Since writers are no more…that's right…no more, than a reflection of the society in which they live, it stands to reason the mindsets of these two writers would be dramatically different even if Mr. Tingle were not Native American….

There is no need to disparage Miss Wilder in order to admire and praise Mr. Tingle and his work. Norma Jean



On Feb 17, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Debbie Reese wrote:

> 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:
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> Choctaw Nation, Mississippi, 1830
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> And, Isaac--a 10-year-old--knows about treaties and what they mean... That, too, is reality.
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> Debbie
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