Debbie Reese/P'oesay P'oekwîn
@debreese.bsky.social
Tribally Enrolled: Nanbé Owingeh
Founder: American Indians in Children's Literature
Founder: American Indians in Children's Literature
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“Stevenson..would like to see a “critical evaluation” of the major institutions in Canada that have supported non-Indigenous scholars, writers and thought leaders who have claimed Indigenous identities.
She wonders why their stories have been "so compelling and convincing" to these institutions..”
She wonders why their stories have been "so compelling and convincing" to these institutions..”
Indigenous scholars say Thomas King case 'shockingly similar' to others falsely claiming ancestry | CBC News
After another respected name in Indigenous arts and culture was revealed to not have Indigenous ancestry , some scholars say it’s time to examine the Canadian institutions that have helped these peop...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“Stevenson..would like to see a “critical evaluation” of the major institutions in Canada that have supported non-Indigenous scholars, writers and thought leaders who have claimed Indigenous identities.
She wonders why their stories have been "so compelling and convincing" to these institutions..”
She wonders why their stories have been "so compelling and convincing" to these institutions..”
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Today @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @eff.org filed a lawsuit on behalf of non-profit advocacy groups challenging San Jose’s warrantless searches as violating the California Constitution’s protections against unreasonable searches and right to privacy.
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Lawsuit Challenges San Jose’s Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance | ACLU of Northern CA
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November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Today @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @eff.org filed a lawsuit on behalf of non-profit advocacy groups challenging San Jose’s warrantless searches as violating the California Constitution’s protections against unreasonable searches and right to privacy.
www.aclunc.org/news/lawsuit...
www.aclunc.org/news/lawsuit...
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On this seventeenth day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting the children’s #picturebook “How the Raven Got His Crooked Nose” by #Dena’ina mother/son team Barbara J. Atwater and Ethan J. Atwater.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #indigenous #writer
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#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #indigenous #writer
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Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 17
For our seventeenth day of Alaska Native Heritage Month, we’re highlighting “How Raven Got His Crooked Nose.” This is a traditional Dena’ina story retold by Dena’ina mother/son team Barbara J. Atwa…
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November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
On this seventeenth day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting the children’s #picturebook “How the Raven Got His Crooked Nose” by #Dena’ina mother/son team Barbara J. Atwater and Ethan J. Atwater.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #indigenous #writer
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#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #indigenous #writer
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Been out of the SCOTUS opinion analysis for a min (baby). But this Gorsuch Dissent (joined by Thomas 😮) from cert. denial in Veneno v. US, which challenged the Major Crimes Act (a fed. law that allows feds. to prosecute crimes on Indian Reservations), is worth discussing/explaining for a sec. 🧵 1/8
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Been out of the SCOTUS opinion analysis for a min (baby). But this Gorsuch Dissent (joined by Thomas 😮) from cert. denial in Veneno v. US, which challenged the Major Crimes Act (a fed. law that allows feds. to prosecute crimes on Indian Reservations), is worth discussing/explaining for a sec. 🧵 1/8
Another Milestone for AICL's list! This is the first time School Library Journal has featured a Native writer on its cover. Here's Angeline Boulley (enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians): americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/milestones...
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Another Milestone for AICL's list! This is the first time School Library Journal has featured a Native writer on its cover. Here's Angeline Boulley (enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians): americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/milestones...
I think this may be the first time @slj.com has featured a Native writer on the cover. If anyone can recall a previous issue with a Native writer on the cover, let me know! Thanks.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I think this may be the first time @slj.com has featured a Native writer on the cover. If anyone can recall a previous issue with a Native writer on the cover, let me know! Thanks.
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I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.
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Artist Georgia O'Keeffe ignored the Indigenous presence all around her in New Mexico. Now a new exhibition at the O'Keeffe Museum draws awareness to the ongoing presence of Tewa Peoples by presenting a group exhibition of Tewa artists.
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New exhibition at Georgia O’Keeffe Museum foregrounds contemporary Indigenous perspectives
On Aug. 26, 2020, three months after the start of the George Floyd protests, the award-winning journalist and arts writer Alicia Inez Guzmán hosted an online panel discussion, titled “This is Not O’Ke...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Artist Georgia O'Keeffe ignored the Indigenous presence all around her in New Mexico. Now a new exhibition at the O'Keeffe Museum draws awareness to the ongoing presence of Tewa Peoples by presenting a group exhibition of Tewa artists.
www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/ar...
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How Educators Can Support Native Students
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How Educators Can Support Native Students
Former ALA president Cindy Hohl and Printz-winning author Angeline Boulley discuss Sisters in the Wind, the foster system, and self-care.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
How Educators Can Support Native Students
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"Awesome" says a person with expertise in children's literature! Please click thru and sign up for the 2025-2026 webinars. Announced at mine was a new addition to the lineup: Angeline Boulley!
These free webinars are awesome. I went to most of them last year and am excited to see a fabulous lineup once again. Debbie started off this school year with a great webinar that helped fill my shopping cart with excellent books.
Free webinars by Native writers? YES! Over 15 authors and illustrators, including Andrea Rogers (author of Caldecott winner, Chooch Helped) and Michaela Goode (illustrator of Caldecott winner, We Are Water Protectors). Take a look! online.flippingbook.com/view/2526852... Tell teachers and sign up.
September 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Awesome" says a person with expertise in children's literature! Please click thru and sign up for the 2025-2026 webinars. Announced at mine was a new addition to the lineup: Angeline Boulley!
Free webinars by Native writers? YES! Over 15 authors and illustrators, including Andrea Rogers (author of Caldecott winner, Chooch Helped) and Michaela Goode (illustrator of Caldecott winner, We Are Water Protectors). Take a look! online.flippingbook.com/view/2526852... Tell teachers and sign up.
2025-26 NWOK Book Club flier
This interactive flipbook is created with FlippingBook, a service for streaming PDFs online. No download, no waiting. Open and start reading right away!
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September 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Free webinars by Native writers? YES! Over 15 authors and illustrators, including Andrea Rogers (author of Caldecott winner, Chooch Helped) and Michaela Goode (illustrator of Caldecott winner, We Are Water Protectors). Take a look! online.flippingbook.com/view/2526852... Tell teachers and sign up.
A look at my process when seeing a book by a writer that is unfamiliar to me americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/08/debb...
Debbie--Have you seen THE ECHO PEOPLE, published by Lee and Low?
Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books
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September 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A look at my process when seeing a book by a writer that is unfamiliar to me americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/08/debb...
Teachers/librarians write to me looking for accurate non-fiction bks. They know that authorship matters! Today I'm pleased as can be to share my review of THE CHEROKEE: PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY by @pollysgdaughter.bsky.social. americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/07/high...
Highly Recommended: THE CHEROKEE: PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY by Twila M. Barnes
Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books
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July 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Teachers/librarians write to me looking for accurate non-fiction bks. They know that authorship matters! Today I'm pleased as can be to share my review of THE CHEROKEE: PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY by @pollysgdaughter.bsky.social. americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/07/high...
"What if Everything We Know about Sacagawea is Wrong?" americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/07/what...
"What if Everything We Know about Sacagawea is Wrong?"
Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books
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July 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"What if Everything We Know about Sacagawea is Wrong?" americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/07/what...
NOT RECOMMENDED: Lois Lowry's GOONEY BIRD AND THE ROOM MOTHER. Details here! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/06/not-...
Not Recommended: Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, by Lois Lowry
Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books
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June 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
NOT RECOMMENDED: Lois Lowry's GOONEY BIRD AND THE ROOM MOTHER. Details here! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/06/not-...
Over at American Indians in Children's Literature, Jean recommends DAD, IS IT TIME TO GATHER MINT and HERRING TO HUCKLEBERRIES. Read her review and order the books! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/05/indi...
June 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Over at American Indians in Children's Literature, Jean recommends DAD, IS IT TIME TO GATHER MINT and HERRING TO HUCKLEBERRIES. Read her review and order the books! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/05/indi...
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🚨 Super exciting news…the new edition of the Bluebook has a brand new rule…
Rule 22 on how to cite materials from Tribal Nations!!!
A long overdue and welcome development. Tribal Law scholars, we have a lot to be proud of today.
Tribal Law and Tribal Nations are a little less invisible today.🫶🏽✊🏽
Rule 22 on how to cite materials from Tribal Nations!!!
A long overdue and welcome development. Tribal Law scholars, we have a lot to be proud of today.
Tribal Law and Tribal Nations are a little less invisible today.🫶🏽✊🏽
June 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🚨 Super exciting news…the new edition of the Bluebook has a brand new rule…
Rule 22 on how to cite materials from Tribal Nations!!!
A long overdue and welcome development. Tribal Law scholars, we have a lot to be proud of today.
Tribal Law and Tribal Nations are a little less invisible today.🫶🏽✊🏽
Rule 22 on how to cite materials from Tribal Nations!!!
A long overdue and welcome development. Tribal Law scholars, we have a lot to be proud of today.
Tribal Law and Tribal Nations are a little less invisible today.🫶🏽✊🏽
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A new website illuminates the history of Indigenous enslavement in New England. Historians at Brown Univ. & tribal members from across the region are launching a project they hope will bring awareness to the enslavement of Indigenous people in North America.
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A new website illuminates the history of Indigenous enslavement in New England - TPR: The Public's Radio
Brown University history professor Mack Scott grew up Indigenous in Rhode Island. He moved to the Narragansett reservation in Charlestown in middle school, where he was steeped in his culture. But pri...
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May 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A new website illuminates the history of Indigenous enslavement in New England. Historians at Brown Univ. & tribal members from across the region are launching a project they hope will bring awareness to the enslavement of Indigenous people in North America.
thepublicsradio.org/arts-and-cul...
thepublicsradio.org/arts-and-cul...
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Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
May 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
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A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the U.S.
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency
A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the nation.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the U.S.
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Grateful to @jaywillis.net for investigating ANOTHER children’s book slandered by the Supreme Court to find that—surprise, surprise—Neil Gorsuch is lying about what’s in it. ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/pride...
I Think Neil Gorsuch Is Lying About a “Religious Freedom” Case Again
Why did Gorsuch claim that ‘Pride Puppy’, an alphabet book about a lost dog, introduces kids to bondage and sex workers? Let’s find out!
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April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Grateful to @jaywillis.net for investigating ANOTHER children’s book slandered by the Supreme Court to find that—surprise, surprise—Neil Gorsuch is lying about what’s in it. ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/pride...
Loving the NPR segment on Chooch Helped! @andrealrogers.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Loving the NPR segment on Chooch Helped! @andrealrogers.bsky.social