[CALIBK12] YA Novel: DARKNESS UNDER THE WATER

[Debbie Reese]

We (Native peoples) have so many dark moments in 
history that need telling, but not in the way it 
is done in DARKNESS UNDER THE WATER, a new YA novel.

Doris Seale, whose work some of you may know 
(she's a co-editor of THROUGH INDIAN EYES and A 
BROKEN FLUTE), and Judy Dow wrote an extensive 
review essay of DARKNESS UNDER THE WATER, which 
is about the Vermont Eugenics Project of the 1930s.

Many of you may be surprised to learn that here 
in the US there was a Eugenics program, and while 
you and students should learn about it, please 
don't do so via DARKNESS UNDER THE WATER.

Seale and Dow's review is on my site today (Dec. 5, 2008).
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2008/12/seale-and-dow-essay-on-darkness-under.html

Debbie

(Please excuse cross-postings, and, forward this 
email to others who work with children and books.)

Visit my Internet resource:
American Indians in Children's Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net

Debbie A. Reese (Nambé O'-ween-ge')
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House, Room 2005
1204 West Nevada Street, MC-138
Urbana, Illinois 61801

Email: debreese at illinois.edu
TEL 217-265-9885
FAX 217-265-9880






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