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A Broken Flute

The Native Experience in Books for Children

Doris Seale (Anthology Editor) , Beverly Slapin (Anthology Editor) , Marlene R. Atleo (Contributor) , Linda L. Baldwin (Contributor) , Lois Beardslee (Contributor) , Maria Beardslee (Contributor) ,
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A Broken Flute

The Native Experience in Books for Children

Doris Seale (Anthology Editor) , Beverly Slapin (Anthology Editor) , Marlene R. Atleo (Contributor) , Linda L. Baldwin (Contributor) , Lois Beardslee (Contributor) , Maria Beardslee (Contributor) ,
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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.

Table of Contents

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 Aug 04 2005
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 480
ISBN 9780759114715
Imprint AltaMira Press
Series Contemporary Native American Communities
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

DS
Anthology Editor

Doris Seale

BS
Anthology Editor

Beverly Slapin

MA
Contributor

Marlene R. Atleo

LB
Contributor

Linda L. Baldwin

LB
Contributor

Lois Beardslee

MB
Contributor

Maria Beardslee

KB
Contributor

Kimberly Blaeser

PC
Contributor

Peter Blue Cloud

JB
Contributor

Joseph Bruchac

NC
Contributor

Naomi R. Caldwell

EC
Contributor

Ella Rose Callow

AC
Contributor

April L. Carmelo

RC
Contributor

Robin Carneen

PC
Contributor

Peter Cole

ND
Contributor

Nora Marks Dauenhauer

RD
Contributor

Radley "Sonny" Davis

RD
Contributor

RobetteAnne Dias

JD
Contributor

Judy Dow

JD
Contributor

Judy Zalazar Drummond

CD
Contributor

Carolyn Dunn

MF
Contributor

Marcia Fenn

KF
Contributor

Karen Frank

LF
Contributor

L Frank

TF
Contributor

Trudy Frank

CG
Contributor

Cora Garcia

PG
Contributor

Paula Giese

DG
Contributor

Desiree Future Goss

RG
Contributor

Reva Maria S. Gover

LH
Contributor

Lakota Harden

HH
Contributor

Heather Harris

RH
Contributor

Raven Hoaglen

SH
Contributor

S Sethlyn Honeycutt

CJ
Contributor

Coral Johnson

AJ
Contributor

Angela Jones

DJ
Contributor

Dakota Jones

LK
Contributor

Lenore Keeshig-Tobias

JK
Contributor

Janet King

ML
Contributor

Michael Lacapa

CL
Contributor

Cindy LaMarr

BL
Contributor

Barbara C. Landis

ML
Contributor

Mayana Lea

LL
Contributor

Linda Lilly

NL
Contributor

Nora Lucas

PM
Contributor

Patricia Mack

PM
Contributor

Pamela Ann Martell

EM
Contributor

Elizabeth Martinez

JM
Contributor

Janet McAdams

DM
Contributor

Dennis McAuliffe Jr.

CM
Contributor

Connie McPhee

JM
Contributor

Jean Paine Mendoza

AM
Contributor

Adrianne C. Micco

DM
Contributor

Deborah A. Miranda

LM
Contributor

Lisa A. Mitten

MM
Contributor

MariJo Moore

PN
Contributor

Patricia North

JN
Contributor

Jim Northrup

MP
Contributor

Marco Palma

CP
Contributor

Carol Pancho-Ash

DP
Contributor

Della Patrick

BP
Contributor

Barbara Potter

RP
Contributor

Ryan Potter

RP
Contributor

Rachel Potter

SR
Contributor

Sachiko Reed

DR
Contributor

Debbie A. Reese

ER
Contributor

Elizabeth Reese

TR
Contributor

Tracey Robinson

LR
Contributor

LaVera Rose

WR
Contributor

Wendy Rose

GR
Contributor

Gayle Ross

JR
Contributor

Johnny Rustywire

CS
Contributor

Crystal Salas-Patten

MS
Contributor

Margaret Sam-Cromarty

CS
Contributor

Cheryl Savageau

CS
Contributor

Cynthia Leitich Smith

MS
Contributor

Monica A. Spencer

NS
Contributor

Nisha Supahan

MT
Contributor

Mary TallMountain

Reviews

  • 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

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