List compiled by an organization named Oyate, which provides 'critical evaluation of books and curricula with Indian themes.' Includes explanation of why particular material is considered inappropriate.
English Journal, vol. 90, no. 3, January 2001, pp. 54-59
Description
Argues that teaching the works The Owl's Song and Smoke Signals can achieve standards-oriented objectives and inform students of relevant literary, historical, social, and cultural topics.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 34, Fall, 1999, pp. 59-86
Description
Argues that there is a direct relationship between classroom study of First Nation literature and the transformation of mainstream culture and images of Aboriginal cultures.
Discusses learning styles, stereotypes, teaching evaluation of literature, interpretations and perceptions of Aboriginal youth, and challenges.
Originally published in Equity in Education, April 1998.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer , 2016, pp. 1-24
Description
Discusses the first novel written by an American Indian in terms of its negative portrayal of California tribes, and the author's general prejudice towards them.
Ethnohistory, vol. 48, no. 1/2, Winter/Spring, 2001, pp. 337-350
Description
Review essay of:
Weaving Ourselves into the Land: Charles Godfrey Leland, "Indians" and the Study of Native American Religions by Thomas C. Parkhill.
Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Incorporated by Mike Gidley.
Imagining Indians in the Southwest: Persistent Visions of a Primitive Past by Leah Dilworth.
Wild West Shows and the Images of American Indians, 1883-1933. by L. G. Moses.
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2009, pp. [24]-57
Description
Looks at the importance of Indigenous stories for children, raises issues with the process of sharing cultural stories from around the world, comments on trickster stories, and critiques the book Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest.