A broken flute : the Native experience in books for children

Seale, Doris. (Author). Seale, Doris. (Added Author). Slapin, Beverly. (Added Author).

Summary: A Broken Flute is a book of reviews that critically evaluate children's books about Native Americans written between the early 1900s and 2003, accompanied by stories, essays and poems from its contributors. The authors critique some 600 books by more than 500 authors, arranging titles A to Z and covering pre-school, K-12 levels, and evaluations of some adult and teacher materials. This book is a valuable resource for community and educational organizations, and a key reference for public and school libraries, and Native American collections.

Record details

ISBN: 0759107793
Physical Description: print
463 p.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press ; Berkeley, CA : Oyate, 2005

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / Deborah A. Miranda -- Introduction / Doris Seale -- cultural encounter / Dovie Thomason -- Open letter to a non-Indian teacher / An Indian Mother -- Living stories -- gift of syrup / Jim Northrup -- Frybread- and feather-free / Cynthia Leitich Smith -- Old Tsa Tsi / MariJo Moore -- Who stole Onate's foot? / Michael Lacapa -- Charlie's bundle / Lois Beardslee -- Dead pawn / John Rustywire -- No, you can't have my firewood / Lois Beardslee -- Welcome home, our relative / Radley Davis -- Reviews : books about "Ishi" -- Reviews : books about the California missions -- Reviews : books about the Navajo long walk -- Little house on the Osage Prairie / Dennis McAuliffe, Jr. -- Elsa remembers / Peter Cole -- My heart is on the ground and the Indian residential school experience / Marlene R. Atleo, Naomi Caldwell, Barb Landis, Jean Paine Mendoza, Deborah A. Miranda, Debbie A. Reese, Beverly Slapin and Cynthia L. Smith -- Reviews : books about the Indian residential schools -- Poems -- Reviews : books of poetry -- Reviews : Sliammon stories -- Reviews : carving a dream -- Reviews : Indian children's art -- Reviews : Indian children's writing -- Reviews : arts and crafts books -- Reviews : photography, "shooting back" -- Reviews : photoessays of Indian children -- Photoessays series -- guide for evaluating photoessays / Naomi Caldwell, Debbie A. Reese and Beverly Slapin -- Reviews : books about dreamcatchers -- Reviews : books about Kokopelli -- When I look in your eyes of darkness / Jean Paine Mendoza -- Paul Goble / Doris Seale -- buffalo skull / Joseph Bruchac -- Reviews : books about buffalo -- knothead / Desiree Future Goss -- This is about coyote / Doris Seale -- Reviews : books about coyote -- Coyote blue / Judith Mountain-Leaf Volborth -- Waterbugs / Peter Blue Cloud -- This is about raven / Marlene R. Atleo -- Reviews : books about raven -- Goodbye Columbus : take two / Jean Paine Mendoza -- Deconstructing the myths of "the first Thanksgiving" / Judy Dow and Beverly Slapin -- Take two coyote stories and call me in your next lifetime / Joseph Bruchac -- Reviews : authors "A" to "Z" -- Winona dilemma / Lois Beardslee -- No word for goodbye / Mary TallMountain.