[CALIBK12] PBS Monday Night: WE SHALL REMAIN - American Indians

[Debbie Reese]

Writers, reviewers, editors, teachers... anyone 
whose work in some way touches American Indian 
cultures/histories...  Please watch the upcoming 
PBS series WE SHALL REMAIN. It starts on Monday 
night. Native scholars and leaders were deeply 
involved in the series. At the website there are 
guides for teachers to use with students.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/

A colleague has a clip from the episode that 
covers boarding schools. It is a powerful clip. 
The clip is on facebook. Here's the link to 
Tracy's page. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=14819876&ref=ts
The clip is on the left side of the page, under 
"Video." It starts with children singing "Ten 
Little Indians." The visuals start with animated 
ledger art of a schoolbus, with Native children 
boarding that bus. The animated ledger-art is 
interspersed with black and white photos, and 
interviews with Native people who were in the schools.

It is a powerful clip. In spite of the boarding 
schools, we are still here, and as is made clear 
by the series itself and the interviews and 
activities of Native people today, it is clear 
why the series is called "We Shall Remain."  I 
don't mean that to sound melodramatic. I do mean 
to say that Native people are pushing back in 
greater numbers and in greater ways to the ways 
that we are presented in the media, in school, in books, etc.

Debbie
(please excuse cross-postings)

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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