Vine Deloria Jr. on Native American Authors Video
Securing Native American Religious Freedom: The Need for Federal Law Reform Vine Deloria Jr. on Native American AuthorsABOUT THIS EPISODE
I'm pleased as can be that so many librarians are looking critically at their shelves and removing old, outdated nonfiction. It scares many of them because it means empty shelves.
The beadwork is by Jana Schmieding. The book title works well for a list of recommended nonfiction! The category "nonfiction" is blurry.
Sibert Informational Book Medal in We include it in our list and hope that you'll be able to purchase two copies--one for your picture book shelves, and one for the nonfiction shelf. Many books about American Indians are shelved in the s, but they could link in other places, too, if you have that flexibility in your library.
Book Awards
To push against the white default in catalog systems you can bring Fry Bread forth when you do library programming on Food, especially one on bread! Or, if you do an event on families, use it then. The point is that for Deloriq Native-authored book you bring into your library, talk with library staff about the multiple ways you can use the book, year-round you can use it in November for Native American Heritage Month but use it at other times, too.
Another example is We Are Water Protectors. It won the Caldecott Medal and is cataloged by some people as fiction, but the author Carole Lindstrom views it as lyrical nonfiction.
IN THIS EPISODE
This stand-alone page is our effort to help librarians put books on those shelves. We are not making distinctions between age of reader. We think picture books can and should be read by everyone. And many books marketed for older readers can be used with younger readers.]
I apologise, but, in my opinion, you commit an error. Write to me in PM, we will talk.
Quite right! Idea good, I support.
Prompt, where I can read about it?