<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>There are so many factors involved in these decisions. Taking the First, is not considering needed shelf space in small libraries. I would argue that unless a library has developed a collection policy/mission to maintain a retrospective collection, it may have more important criteria to follow. The title will always be avail to inter library loan from academic and very large library systems. Also, the books target audience age range should be a factor. Are nine year olds likely to be assigned a comparative historical literature paper? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">And of course the library's service community must be considered. We are supported by our community, and like it or not, their voices need to be heard. We cannot simply make unilateral collection decisions based on a broadly written and highly interpretive amendment. ALA does a disservice to new librarians when they encourage a non-contemplative, simplistic fall back position of any kind. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Discussion is always good. This is merely my long term opinion, thoughtfully developed over many years. Collection development for children does require a more in depth conversation. From books by Paul Goble to My Princess Boy, I have supported books that were challenged for a myriad of reasons. The First Amendment may be crucial to the survival of libraries, but so is tax money. Collection development is a fluid field requiring library staff who can thoughtfully articulate library decisions and encourage their communities to embrace the freedom to read. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Or maybe I am just tired of dead white men influencing our culture ;)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Respectfully,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Deb Bogart, MLS</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Youth Services Collection Librarian, retired</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><br>Sent from Deb's iPad</div><div><br>On Apr 28, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Martín Blasco <<a href="mailto:MartinB@wccls.org">MartinB@wccls.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Katie:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It was great to see you at the conference, and thank you so much for generating this kind of discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Few thoughts. We cannot, as librarians, suppress old books with negative stereotypes (Powell’s still displays The Adventures of Tintin openly), they are part
of the history of this continent and, consequently, these racist books written by Caucasian male writers must be preserved by those libraries which already have them. It’s like trying to suppress/ban
<i>Mein Kampf. </i>Can they be used for assignments? Well, it depends in what context. Comparative social studies are valid and important. Moreover, to learn from the past is crucial to understand our present and thus, plan for the future. Unfortunately, human
beings don’t possess the memory that other animals have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Including it in a reading list? Again, for what? Is it to show how awful, but common, were and are stereotypes? Now, if it is just in a reading list because
it’s appropriate for certain ages, and without a context, no way. We can learned about a racist dominant culture, but we cannot and should not promote it.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I remember a friend who used to tell me that we should destroyed the colonial houses built over Incas’ ruins in Cuzco, Peru. Erase the past? Mmm. Erase history?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Someone complains? We work in public libraries and the First Amendment is crucial for their survival. We can just put the book aside (like many libraries do
with books or magazines about cannabis or nude but artistic photograph books). Are we going to ban violence? Racism? Let’s educate ourselves, let’s open our minds. Let’s imagine, instead of banning or suppressing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If we fall in an intolerant place, like the one described or told in, especially, old stereotypical books, we are going to be condemned. This happens during
authoritarian governments: the suppression of history (or the people’s history, the one which is not official, which doesn’t represent the interests of those in power.) Let’s not forget how during the W. Bush’s years the federal government tried to get information
about patrons who took “not the right” book. It reminded me of the dictatorship in my old country in the seventies and early 80s which was like living in the Dark Ages. From high school until I was 23 years old, I didn’t have access to books considered “subversive”,
unless friends smuggled them. Same with the arts. Remember Rudolph Giuliani in NYC in the nineties and early 2000s? Another dictator suppressing “degenerate” art (remember that concept?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If I love our constitution, it is because its first amendment. This idea of tolerance is what we should be exporting, instead of war.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Of course, this is my personal opinion.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Martín Blasco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Washington County, OR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kids-lib] What to do about Indian Captive by Lois Lenski?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi! Many of you may have seen the following email from Debbie Reese about
<i>Indian Captive</i> by Lois Lenski. Reese read <i>Indian Captive</i> and did research about the true story it’s based on. Reese learned that
<i>Indian Captive</i> includes some inaccurate portrayals of what really happened and that the book, written in 1941, includes many of the negative, incorrect stereotypes of Native communities common during that time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Indian Captive</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> is an award winning, classic book so many libraries
will probably keep it in their collection. After reading <a href="http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2016/04/lois-lenskis-indian-captive.html">
Debbie Reese’s thorough review</a> and gaining a better understanding about the specific content that is culturally inappropriate and potentially hurtful to Native youth using our libraries…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">What might we do, if anything, when…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A children/parents asks us to help them find and check out
<i>Indian Captive?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A student comes in asking for
<i>Indian Captive</i> for a homework assignment?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We learn a teacher we know fairly well is using
<i>Indian Captive</i> in their classroom or including it on a reading list?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Someone complains or fills out a reconsideration request form about
<i>Indian Captive</i>?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please remember to be respectful of each other’s ideas, we’re trying to help each other figure out how to deal with a sensitive issue.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Katie
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Youth Services Consultant
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx">Library Support and Development Services</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org">alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org</a> [<a href="mailto:alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org">mailto:alsc-l-request@lists.ala.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Debbie Reese<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 27, 2016 8:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> School Library Media & Network Communications <<a href="mailto:LM_NET@listserv.syr.edu">LM_NET@listserv.syr.edu</a>>; Texas Library Connection <<a href="mailto:tlc@txla.org">tlc@txla.org</a>>;
<a href="mailto:alsc-l@lists.ala.org">alsc-l@lists.ala.org</a>; <a href="mailto:AILA@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU">
AILA@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU</a>; <a href="mailto:yalsa-bk@lists.ala.org">yalsa-bk@lists.ala.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alsc-l] Librarian wrote to me about Lenski's INDIAN CAPTIVE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2016/04/lois-lenskis-indian-captive.html">http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2016/04/lois-lenskis-indian-captive.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Please share it with others, as you wish, and if you know of a teacher who is using it to teach about stereotyping and bias, please let me know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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