Native Americans in Children's Literature

JON C. STOTT, Ph.D., University of Toronto, is professor of children's literature in the English department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. A member of the founding board of directors and the first president of the International Children's Literature Association, he has delivered papers, seminars, and workshops to conferences and professional development institutes in over 100 Canadian and American cities and has published articles on the study and teaching of children's literature in British, Canadian, and American journals. He is author of Children's Literature from A to Z: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Mary Norton, and (with Raymond E. Jones) Canadian Books for Children: A Guide to Authors and Illustrators. With Anila Moss, he is editor of The Family of Stories: An Anthology of Children's Literature.

• Foreword. For the Seventh Generation by Joseph Bruchac xiIntroduction. Learning about Native Realities--A Personal Journey xvReferences xxChapter 1. The Way It Wasn't: Stereotypes and Misrepresentations 1European Responses to the New World 1Our Little Indian Cousin: A Good Indian Boy 5Geronimo, Wolf of the Warpath: Freedom Fighter as Bad Indian 8In Search of Sedna: A Children's Version of a Major Eskimo Myth 12The Indian in the Cupboard: Making Plastic Indians Wooden 15Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: Did Chief Seattle Really Say That? 18References 22Chapter 2. Imaging Native Worlds 24Picture Books and Traditional Stories 24Traditional Plains Cultures and Stories in the Picture Books of Paul Goble 27Native Faces of the Universal Hero in the Picture Books of Gerald McDermott 38Living by Oceans and Deserts: Realistic Portrayals of Modern Native Life 49Picture Book Versions of Traditional Tales 53Picture Book Fiction and Petry about Native Peoples 70References 79Chapter 3. Native Tricksters and Legendary Heres in Children's Stories 82Transmitting and Adapting Native Stories: Petics and Problems 82Tracking the Trickster: Coyote and His Cousins 86The History of a Culture Hero's Biography: Nanabozho/Hiawatha 105Collections of Traditional Myths and Legends 122References 141Chapter 4. Cultures in Conflict: Native Experiences in Children's Novels 146Native Themes and Narrative Techniques in Novels About and By Native Peoples 146Invasion and the Search for Home in the Novels of Scott O'Dell 149Self-Discovery and Cultural Recovery in the Novels of Jean Craighead George 160Discovery and Recovery in Children's Novels by Native Writers 171Novels Portraying Native Experiences 176References 194Epilogue. Writing Between Two Worlds: The Inuit Stories of Michael Kusugak 196References 201Appendix.Incorporating Native Stories in the Language Arts Program 203Philosophy and Objectives 203Arctic Food on Ice 205Author Study: Elizabeth Cleaver's Collages 206As the Crow Flies: Pourquoi Legends from Across the Continent 211Brave Hunters: Inuit Legends Retold by James Houston 213Tracking the Trickster 215Where the Buffalo Roamed: Plains Indian Mythology 217Developing a Novel Study Unit: Julie of the Wolves 220Other Units Focusing on Native Traditions and Legends 223Author, Illustrator, Title Index 225Subject Index 233