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Hi! I just sent the following email out on the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) listserv and thought that many of you may be interested as well. To learn more about the Common Core Standards, which have been adopted in Oregon, check out the Oregon
Department of Education's website: <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=2860" target="_blank">
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=2860</a>. <br>
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Hello! I just received the following email about the portrayal of American Indians in the Common Core State Standards. The American Indians in Children's Literature blog is doing a series of posts regarding American Indian Children's Literature and the Common
Core Standards, the first is for K-1st Grade.<br>
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Here is the link to the full blog post: <a href="http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2012/05/american-indians-in-common-core.html" target="_blank">
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2012/05/american-indians-in-common-core.html</a>
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Here are the key things I took away:<br>
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<li>Of the 53 books on the Common Core book lists for K-1, only <span style="font-style:italic">
Little House in the Big Woods </span>has Native people in it.</li><li><span style="font-style:italic">Little House in the Big Woods</span> portrays Native people as "wild men" who Pa stalks and fights. While this might be an historical perspective worth discussing, imagine reading this aloud to young children and it being
<span style="font-weight:bold">the only</span> portrayal of American Indians they hear and discuss in school. Imagine how a Native child might feel hearing this read aloud.<br>
</li><li>Here are three recommended books to read aloud:
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<li><i style="font-weight:bold">Jingle Dancer </i>by Cynthia Leitich Smith--show children that Native children are part of today's society, and that our lives reflect modern American society and our Native societies.
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</li><li><i style="font-weight:bold">The Good Luck Cat </i>by Joy Harjo--as you turn those pages, you see the girl's Native identity in visual markers throughout the book. Harjo is also Muscogee Creek. You could pull out a map and show your students where the Muscogee
Creek Nation is located. Head over to <a href="http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/" target="_blank">
their website</a> and learn all you can about them, and share it with your students.</li><li><i style="font-weight:bold">SkySisters</i> by Jan Bourdeau Waboose-- two Ojibway sisters walk, in the night, to see the SkySpirits (Northern Lights). As the girls are out, they view the things around them, not from a mainstream American perspective, but
from their Ojibway perspective where a rabbit or deer or coyote is more than just an animal in the world.
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<div><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:bold">Questions? Contact Debbie Reese, Ph.D.at </span><a href="mailto:dreese.nambe@gmail.com" style="font-weight:bold" target="_blank"> dreese.nambe@gmail.com</a></font><br>
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<div align="center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</div>
<div align="center">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</div>
<div align="center">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</div>
<div align="center"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</div>
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<div id="divRpF265383" style="direction:ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Debbie Reese [dreese.nambe@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 02, 2012 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> School Library Media & Network Communications; alsc-l@ala.org; ISLMANET-L (ILLINOIS SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA ASSOCIATION Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alsc-l] Children's Books on Common Core, Appendix B<br>
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<div>Almost every state in the nation has now adopted the Common Core State Standards. Earlier today, I posted the first of a series of posts in which I look at the books (by grade level), focusing on the portrayals of American Indians in those books. Today,
I wrote about the K-1 set, and I provide a synopsis of three books that would greatly enhance the integrity of the list.<br>
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I've written it as a "Dear Teacher" letter that you can circulate to teachers in your schools.<br>
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<a href="http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2012/05/american-indians-in-common-core.html" target="_blank">http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2012/05/american-indians-in-common-core.html</a><br>
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Thanks,<br>
Debbie<br clear="all">
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Debbie Reese, Ph.D.<br>
Tribally enrolled: Nambe Pueblo<br>
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Publisher of <a href="http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net" target="_blank">
American Indians in Children's Literature </a><br>
Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/debreese" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/#!/debreese</a>
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Email: <a href="mailto:dreese.nambe@gmail.com" target="_blank">dreese.nambe@gmail.com</a><br>
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