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This Volume Describes The History And Motivation Behind Some Of The Most Exceptional Children's Books Published In The United States. These Picture-book Readers, Originally Developed For Use In Indian Schools During The New Deal Era, Represent The First Native-centered Texts Used In Bureau Of Indian Affairs Curriculum. They Were Written By Lauded Writers, Ethnologists And Linguists, And Illustrated With The Stunning Work Of Emerging And Prominent Native American Artists. The Author Includes Paintings And Historical Photographs, Some From As Early As 1922 To Accompany The Text. This Is The Story Of The Children's Books Of The Last Century Beautifully Illustrated By Native American Artists. In The Era Beginning With The 1920s, A Quiet Revolution Was Stirring The U.s. Federal Government's Approach To Indian Education. Radical For Its Time, The Bureau Of Indian Affairs Adopted A Policy That Brought Together Writers, Ethnologists, Linguists, And Emerging Indian Artists To Create And Illustrate A Literature For Indian Students Based On Native Oral Traditions And Narratives About Indian Life. Native American Picture Books Of Change Documents Four Decades Of These Storybook For Pueblo, Hop

Author

Rebecca C. Benes

Publisher

Museum of New Mexico ; Gazelle

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780890134719

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities