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From: Debbie Reese <dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:17:33 -0600
Good morning!
Marc pointed to Courage Has No Color which is about African American paratroopers in WWII.
Military service is a big part of If I Ever Get Out of Here.
Lewis's uncle, Albert, was in Vietnam, and the white boy that Lewis becomes friends with, George, is the son of a man in the Air Force. George and his family live on the base, which Albert says is like a reservation (p. 20):
"Your base might be in the middle of a bunch of different kinds of people -- I mean real different, like from Japan kind of different -- but all you see are other soldiers, and all the kids see are the kids of other soldiers. Kind of like living on a reservation."
It is an interesting parallel. On any given reservation, you'll find quite a lot of diversity amongst us (occupation, education, interests), but we all see each other as (in my case) people of Nambe Pueblo. Because each (a military base and a Native reservation) are bounded in some way, we have unique governance/rules.
Yesterday, several of us noted how music much matters to us.
Military service is another way that If I Ever Get Out of Here pulled me in. I had uncles in the Navy, in the Army, in the Air Force. And, cousins in Vietnam, and cousins in Iraq or Afghanistan.
My guess is that Eric Gansworth has family members who were in the service.
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: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:17:33 -0600
Good morning!
Marc pointed to Courage Has No Color which is about African American paratroopers in WWII.
Military service is a big part of If I Ever Get Out of Here.
Lewis's uncle, Albert, was in Vietnam, and the white boy that Lewis becomes friends with, George, is the son of a man in the Air Force. George and his family live on the base, which Albert says is like a reservation (p. 20):
"Your base might be in the middle of a bunch of different kinds of people -- I mean real different, like from Japan kind of different -- but all you see are other soldiers, and all the kids see are the kids of other soldiers. Kind of like living on a reservation."
It is an interesting parallel. On any given reservation, you'll find quite a lot of diversity amongst us (occupation, education, interests), but we all see each other as (in my case) people of Nambe Pueblo. Because each (a military base and a Native reservation) are bounded in some way, we have unique governance/rules.
Yesterday, several of us noted how music much matters to us.
Military service is another way that If I Ever Get Out of Here pulled me in. I had uncles in the Navy, in the Army, in the Air Force. And, cousins in Vietnam, and cousins in Iraq or Afghanistan.
My guess is that Eric Gansworth has family members who were in the service.
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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