Search was for: The word Indian (All Fields). Use the Back button to return to your search results. Looks like there are several stories of whites who befriend Indians, and, stories of whites who are captured by Indians.Īnd how 'bout that Bread and Butter Indianby Anne Colver? Interesting title, don't you agree? Wondering what that one is about, I did a quick look-see at Google Books, learned that the illustrations are by Garth Williams! Here's the cover:ĬLCD Search Use your browser's save and print functions to save or print this report. Good Indians, bad ones, ones who disappear into the mists of time. I'm thinking we can likely credit him with being responsible for a wide range of stereotyping. I see that James Fenimore Cooper is on it several times. There aren't any authors on the list that I recognize as being Native. As you scroll through the list, you'll see duplicates and you'll see books that obviously don't belong on the list (for example, The Elephant that Galumphed). Hence the title of her article "all white." What, I wondered, were her options for books about American Indians? She was, for those who don't know, looking particularly at depictions of African Americans and was very troubled by what she found. I wondered what I might find if I did a search in the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database, using "Indian" as the search term and limiting the search for fiction published from 1955 to 1965. Nancy Larrick's article, The All White World of Children's Book, was published in 1965.
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