A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children: Marlene R. Atleo: AltaMira Press

A Broken Flute

The Native Experience in Books for Children

A Broken Flute

The Native Experience in Books for Children

Description

A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children is a companion to its predecessor published by Oyate, Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. A compilation of work by Native parents, children, educators, poets and writers, A Broken Flute contains, from a Native perspective, "living stories," essays, poetry, and hundreds of reviews of "children's books about Indians." It's an indispensable volume for anyone interested in presenting honest materials by and about indigenous peoples to children.

1 Foreword
2 Introduction
3 A Cultural Encounter
4 Open Letter to a Non-Indian Teacher
5 Living Stories
6 The Gift of Syrup
7 Frybread- and Feather-Free
8 Old Tsa Tsi
9 Who Stole Oñate's Foot?
10 Charlie's Bundle
11 Dead Pawn
12 No, You Can't Have My Firewood
13 Welcome Home, Our Relative
14 Reviews: Books about "Ishi"
15 Reviews: Books about the California Missions
16 Reviews: Books about the Navajo Long Walk
17 Little House on the Osage Prarie
18 Elsa Remembers
19 My Heart is on the Ground and the Indian Residential School Experience
20 Reviews: Books about the Indian Residential Schools
21 Poems
Chapter 22 Reviews: Books of Poetry
23 Reviews: Sliammon Stories
24 Reviews: Carving a Dream
25 Reviews: Indian Children's Art
Chapter 26 Reviews: Indian Children's Writing
27 Reviews: Arts and Crafts Books
28 Reviews: Photography, "Shooting Back"
29 Reviews: Photoessays of Indian Children
Chapter 30 Photoessays Series
31 A Guide for Evaluating Photoessays
32 Reviews: Books about Dreamcatchers
33 Reviews: Books about Kokopelli
34 When I Look in Your Eyes of Darkness
35 Paul Goble
36 The Buffalo Skull
37 Reviews: Books about Buffalo
38 A Knothead
39 This Is about Coyote
40 Reviews: Books about Coyote
41 Coyote Blue
42 Waterbugs
43 This Is about Raven
44 Reviews: Books about Raven
45 Goodbye Columbus: Take Two
46 Deconstructing the Myths of "The First Thanksgiving"
47 Take Two Coyote Stories and Call me in Your Next Lifetime
48 Reviews: Authors "A" to "Z"
49 The Winona Dilemma
50 No Word for Goodbye
51 About the Contributors
52 Index

Product details

Published	04 Aug 2005
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	480
ISBN	9780759114715
Imprint	AltaMira Press
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Doris Seale

Anthology Editor

Beverly Slapin

Contributor

Marlene R. Atleo

Contributor

Linda L. Baldwin

Contributor

Lois Beardslee

Contributor

Maria Beardslee

Contributor

Kimberly Blaeser

Contributor

Peter Blue Cloud

Contributor

Joseph Bruchac

Contributor

Naomi R. Caldwell

Contributor

Ella Rose Callow

Contributor

April L. Carmelo

Contributor

Robin Carneen

Contributor

Peter Cole

Contributor

Nora Marks Dauenhauer

Contributor

Radley "Sonny" Davis

Contributor

RobetteAnne Dias

Contributor

Judy Dow

Contributor

Judy Zalazar Drummond

Contributor

Carolyn Dunn

Contributor

Marcia Fenn

Contributor

Karen Frank

Contributor

L Frank

Contributor

Trudy Frank

Contributor

Cora Garcia

Contributor

Paula Giese

Contributor

Desiree Future Goss

Contributor

Reva Maria S. Gover

Contributor

Lakota Harden

Contributor

Heather Harris

Contributor

Raven Hoaglen

Contributor

S Sethlyn Honeycutt

Contributor

Coral Johnson

Contributor

Angela Jones

Contributor

Dakota Jones

Contributor

Lenore Keeshig-Tobias

Contributor

Janet King

Contributor

Michael Lacapa

Contributor

Cindy LaMarr

Contributor

Barbara C. Landis

Contributor

Mayana Lea

Contributor

Linda Lilly

Contributor

Nora Lucas

Contributor

Patricia Mack

Contributor

Pamela Ann Martell

Contributor

Elizabeth Martinez

Contributor

Janet McAdams

Contributor

Dennis McAuliffe Jr.

Contributor

Connie McPhee

Contributor

Jean Paine Mendoza

Contributor

Adrianne C. Micco

Contributor

Deborah A. Miranda

Contributor

Lisa A. Mitten

Contributor

MariJo Moore

Contributor

Patricia North

Contributor

Jim Northrup

Contributor

Marco Palma

Contributor

Carol Pancho-Ash

Contributor

Della Patrick

Contributor

Barbara Potter

Contributor

Ryan Potter

Contributor

Rachel Potter

Contributor

Sachiko Reed

Contributor

Debbie A. Reese

Contributor

Elizabeth Reese

Contributor

Tracey Robinson

Contributor

LaVera Rose

Contributor

Wendy Rose

Contributor

Gayle Ross

Contributor

Johnny Rustywire

Contributor

Crystal Salas-Patten

Contributor

Margaret Sam-Cromarty

Contributor

Cheryl Savageau

Contributor

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Contributor

Monica A. Spencer

Contributor

Nisha Supahan

Contributor

Mary TallMountain

Strong American Indian voices permeate A Broken Flute. In innovative stories at the beginning, adults and young people speak movingly of how certain books have brought pain-or healing-to their lives. Readers of all ages can relate to these powerful words, which vividly reinforce the book reviewers' excellent critiques. A Broken Flute is a compelling call for truth-telling and healing.

Marilou Awiakta (Cherokee), author of Selu: Seeking the Corn Mother's Wisdom
[Seale and Slapin's] latest volume evaluates hundreds of books for children and teenagers published from the early 1900s through 2004, and [it is] more brutally honest than anything else out there. Seale, Slapin, and their reviewers and commentators-noted storytellers, poets, fiction writers, scholars, teachers, and student and community activists-take on Newberry and Caldecott medalists and reading-list perennials for their simplistic, stereotype-filled, condescending, and outright false portrayals of American Indians... Equally valuable are the reflections of the reviewers and their children, in the form of essays and poems, about the negative images perpetrated by mainstream society and its educational system as well as their own efforts to make their voices heard. Here, we see concerned parents and grandparents and strong Indian children who have grown up with the good examples that ultimately stand out in this book.

Multicultural Review
If you are teaching children's literature to prospective teachers, HeadStart staff, librarians or others who make vital decisions about acquisition and use of appropriate books for kids, you have GOT to own this book. If you are teaching Native American kids, you also must OWN this book. It critically reviews and assesses the cultural authenticity and historical accuracy of hundreds of well-known (and elsewhere highly regarded) children's titles of the past ten years with a particular scrutiny for the taint of misinformation, cultural theft, and lack of balance. Highly Recommended.

Tribal College Journal
Like the authors' earlier work, Through Indian Eyes, A Broken Flute offers essays, critical reviews and commentary on many books about American Indians for children and teenagers. But A Broken Flute also asks us to understand the pain and the anger that the appropriation and misrepresentation of Native history, culture and values by non-Native writers has caused.

Library Sparks
This broad collection of criticism exhibits a wide array of opinions. By calling attention to this diversity of Native Voices, A Broken Flute points out the failure of mainstream publishers to represent Native work, and the crucial role that teachers and librarians must play in questioning non-Native work and seeking authentic criticism.

School Library Journal
A Broken Flute will be a valuable resource for community and educational organizations, and a key reference for public and school libraries, and Native American collections. Readers will turn to this volume repeatedly, especially because of the multiple indexes, for help with book evaluation and to broaden their understanding of the community in which they work and live.

Sir Read Alot Book Review