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From: Mary Louise <marylouisesanchez_3_at_msn.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:35:09 -0700
My husband, five-year-old granddaughter, and I returned this evening from a six day trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since northern New Mexico is my ancestral home, we frequently visit the museum and independent book stores to make purchases to add to my collection of New Mexican books. I usually return from these trips with hundreds of dollars spent on new adult non-fiction books because the children's books are rarely updated.
The children's book selector at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art store (across from the Cathedral) could use an updated list from Debby Reese to help purchase books for their Native American children's collection. Suggesting books to the buyers would help make these available books more visible to the public. I specifically was looking for one of Tim Tingle's books and asked the clerk where it might be. She had never heard Mr. Tingle's name and said she would mention him to the buyer. On a positive note, the independent book store in Santa Fe was eager to order the book for me since they had no copies available.
The same problem with a lack children's books occurs at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. On my next trip there, I'll take an updated list of new books for them to consider purchasing.
On Sunday, after attending a beautiful Mass at the St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Santa Fe, we drove to Chimayo and were in Nambe Pueblo country. I felt Debbie's presence here.
Mary Louise Sanchez
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Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 5:23 AM
Subject: Re:[ccbc-net] Bitterness and purity -- Mixing Apples and Oranges
Good morning!
Christine posted a list of what she has personally asked for in the discussions of multicultural literature. It brings clarity to the discussion and, hopefully, to whatever assumptions are out there by various people on the list.
In that spirit, I'll offer mine, too:
I want more books about American Indians that accurately portray us, whether the book is fiction or non-fiction. My preference is Native writers, not because I don't like white people or because I think they have no business writing books about us, but because with that book in hand, there is an opportunity to use the present tense about the author (assuming he/she is not deceased) and about that person's tribal nation. It sends a powerful message to the Native child and the non-Native child, too, that we're still here.
I want authors to know that sources are biased because the people who created those sources didn't know what they were looking at (see this article for an in-depth treatment: http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/305_PDF/305_FinalProj/305FP_Race/NativeAmFolktales_Caution_Jan07_LA.pdf<http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/305_PDF/305_FinalProj/305FP_Race/NativeAmFolktales_Caution_Jan07_LA.pdf>).
I want authors to read books and articles by people who look critically at texts, whether they are film or books. It does not matter to me if the person is Native or not. Fred Hoxie, for example, is not Native. He is a historian. I use his work a lot. There are several research journals published by professional associations. There's one specific to literature; earlier volumes are online: https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~rnelson/asail/<https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~rnelson/asail/>
I want what we DO have available right now to be more visible so it doesn't go out of print.
I also want us to be more critical of classics and newly released books, regardless of genre and regardless of much we love the author, that romanticize or vilify who we were, or who we are. Norma Jean talked about her conversation with Ursula Nordstrom. Sounder didn't work for Norma Jean because it romanticized poverty.
I hope this clarifies whatever assumptions people have made about what I want.
Debbie
__________________________________________________________
Debbie Reese, PhD
Tribally enrolled: Nambe Pueblo
Email: dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com<mailto:dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com>
Website: American Indians in Children's Literature
_at_ http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net<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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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:35:09 -0700
My husband, five-year-old granddaughter, and I returned this evening from a six day trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since northern New Mexico is my ancestral home, we frequently visit the museum and independent book stores to make purchases to add to my collection of New Mexican books. I usually return from these trips with hundreds of dollars spent on new adult non-fiction books because the children's books are rarely updated.
The children's book selector at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art store (across from the Cathedral) could use an updated list from Debby Reese to help purchase books for their Native American children's collection. Suggesting books to the buyers would help make these available books more visible to the public. I specifically was looking for one of Tim Tingle's books and asked the clerk where it might be. She had never heard Mr. Tingle's name and said she would mention him to the buyer. On a positive note, the independent book store in Santa Fe was eager to order the book for me since they had no copies available.
The same problem with a lack children's books occurs at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. On my next trip there, I'll take an updated list of new books for them to consider purchasing.
On Sunday, after attending a beautiful Mass at the St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Santa Fe, we drove to Chimayo and were in Nambe Pueblo country. I felt Debbie's presence here.
Mary Louise Sanchez
To: CCBC-Net Network<mailto:ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 5:23 AM
Subject: Re:[ccbc-net] Bitterness and purity -- Mixing Apples and Oranges
Good morning!
Christine posted a list of what she has personally asked for in the discussions of multicultural literature. It brings clarity to the discussion and, hopefully, to whatever assumptions are out there by various people on the list.
In that spirit, I'll offer mine, too:
I want more books about American Indians that accurately portray us, whether the book is fiction or non-fiction. My preference is Native writers, not because I don't like white people or because I think they have no business writing books about us, but because with that book in hand, there is an opportunity to use the present tense about the author (assuming he/she is not deceased) and about that person's tribal nation. It sends a powerful message to the Native child and the non-Native child, too, that we're still here.
I want authors to know that sources are biased because the people who created those sources didn't know what they were looking at (see this article for an in-depth treatment: http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/305_PDF/305_FinalProj/305FP_Race/NativeAmFolktales_Caution_Jan07_LA.pdf<http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/305_PDF/305_FinalProj/305FP_Race/NativeAmFolktales_Caution_Jan07_LA.pdf>).
I want authors to read books and articles by people who look critically at texts, whether they are film or books. It does not matter to me if the person is Native or not. Fred Hoxie, for example, is not Native. He is a historian. I use his work a lot. There are several research journals published by professional associations. There's one specific to literature; earlier volumes are online: https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~rnelson/asail/<https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~rnelson/asail/>
I want what we DO have available right now to be more visible so it doesn't go out of print.
I also want us to be more critical of classics and newly released books, regardless of genre and regardless of much we love the author, that romanticize or vilify who we were, or who we are. Norma Jean talked about her conversation with Ursula Nordstrom. Sounder didn't work for Norma Jean because it romanticized poverty.
I hope this clarifies whatever assumptions people have made about what I want.
Debbie
__________________________________________________________
Debbie Reese, PhD
Tribally enrolled: Nambe Pueblo
Email: dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com<mailto:dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com>
Website: American Indians in Children's Literature
_at_ http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net<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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