Talk:Native Americans in children's literature

Debbie Reese 18:33, 26 June 2006 (UTC)Article was added in June of 2006. The first portion contained material Wiki moderators felt was original research, so it was removed, and citation information for various portions of the article was added.

Is this encyclopedic?
I put the tag up on the page, because I'm seeing less what this article is out to accomplish. From the first paragraph of the article, it says there are "a great many children’s books featuring American Indians," but Wikipedia is not the place for such a list. Where is this article going? What subject is it covering? —C.Fred (talk) 21:48, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Debbie Reese 00:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)The topic is included in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, edited by Jack Zipes. The intent of the article is to provide history of children's books that are about American Indians.

In Wikipedia, there is an article on Children's Literature. American Indians in Children's Literature is a topic within that. I will revisit the Children's Literature page, and revise this article to align with that more closely.

This IS certainly encyclopedic in scope and content, not that it can't be tweaked but that is the author's call. Maybe Cfred should stick to accounting and leave the topic of literature to the Indigenous PhD's who teach it and the Indigenous Librarian's like myself who collect it, make it accessible and write it. John D. Berry, MLIS, MA, Native American Studies Librarian, UC Berkeley [and print Encyclopedia contributor and published poet.] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 169.229.243.91 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC).


 * It needs to be tweaked; as an editor, that is the call I'm making! (Perhaps my esteemed but non-registered colleague should become more familiar with Wikipedia before commenting on its editing process. :) ) Part of why I asked the question is that I saw the article headed toward becoming a list of books and characters, and a mere list tends to be something that is not always good article material. —C.Fred (talk) 21:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Questions about the depiction of characters of specific races, ethnicities, genders, etc., are a frequent focus of attention in literary studies now--and thus a subject encyclopedia users would be likely to wish for some guidance on. As I understand it, the purpose of this article is not to take a specific position towards the depiction of American Indians, but rather, to offer an overview of the kinds of depictions there have been and are, and the kind of views towards them scholars, activists, and others have expressed and do express. It functions as a useful introduction to a topic students, scholars, and others are likely to seek knowledge of, and thus, to me, seems apppropriately encyclopedic. Perry Nodelman, children's literature scholar. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.79.31.9 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC).


 * Thank you, Perry; that's what I was looking for! The article seems to focus more on literature by native authors rather than about, but I'll concede it's still a work in progress, and that section may be expanded on later. —C.Fred (talk) 21:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


 * And, accordingly, I've removed the tag. —C.Fred (talk) 22:04, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Literary Critisizm
needs redoing. most of the references could probably do with having 'this is the single bestest resource evarz' removed and the resources placed in a 'further reading' section, and/or maybe the 'literary critisizm' expanded to cover the actions of /some/ authors in combatting what they percieve as bias more thoroughly --Arkelweis (talk) 00:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)