Claims to Native Identity in Children’s Literature

Discusses successful children's writers that falsely claim Indigenous ancestry and the effect their success had on maintaining stereotypes that fit the popular conception of what constitutes an Indigenous person. The four of the writers profiled are: Jamake Highwater Anpao, Paul Goble, Sharon Creech, and Asa Carter.
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
No
Citation
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 123-132
Publication Date
2019
Location
Resource Type
Articles -- Scholarly, peer reviewed
Format
Text -- PDF
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