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From: Debbie Reese <dreese.nambe_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 06:42:23 -0600
Eric Gansworth's responses to our questions are packed with information. I think that each one of us who read his book would find something that spoke to us in a particular way.
(1) Some things are delightful. I'd like to see, for example, his Captain America drawing!
(2) Some things speak to his identity as a Native person. These lines stand out for me in that regard:
"Maybe it's part of being an Indian, and being keenly aware of treaty dates and landmarks, but I am very oriented to representing real world events and correct dates in my fictional world. I needed them to be right."
I'm a stickler for that, too, because books (fact and fiction) get things wrong with regard to Native people in US history and society.
(3) The humor! I love the part where he says that he's not immune from dog bites and bird shit (it is all over my car each spring; our driveway MUST be a bird runway of sorts)! In Native circles, we joke about the popular stereotype that we can speak to the animals. In PETER PAN IN SCARLET, the animals are summoned. (Referring back to my email about stereotypes of American Indians and Muslims, PETER PAN IN SCARLET introduces a new one: "throat slitters" -- see http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2009/11/analysis-peter-pan-in-scarlet.html).
(4) His honesty. The paragraph where he talked about straightening his hair to conform to the expectation that Native people have long, black, hair.
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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Received on Mon 03 Mar 2014 06:42:58 AM CST
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 06:42:23 -0600
Eric Gansworth's responses to our questions are packed with information. I think that each one of us who read his book would find something that spoke to us in a particular way.
(1) Some things are delightful. I'd like to see, for example, his Captain America drawing!
(2) Some things speak to his identity as a Native person. These lines stand out for me in that regard:
"Maybe it's part of being an Indian, and being keenly aware of treaty dates and landmarks, but I am very oriented to representing real world events and correct dates in my fictional world. I needed them to be right."
I'm a stickler for that, too, because books (fact and fiction) get things wrong with regard to Native people in US history and society.
(3) The humor! I love the part where he says that he's not immune from dog bites and bird shit (it is all over my car each spring; our driveway MUST be a bird runway of sorts)! In Native circles, we joke about the popular stereotype that we can speak to the animals. In PETER PAN IN SCARLET, the animals are summoned. (Referring back to my email about stereotypes of American Indians and Muslims, PETER PAN IN SCARLET introduces a new one: "throat slitters" -- see http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2009/11/analysis-peter-pan-in-scarlet.html).
(4) His honesty. The paragraph where he talked about straightening his hair to conform to the expectation that Native people have long, black, hair.
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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