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Rights of Indigenous Children: Reading Children’s Literature through an Indigenous Knowledges Lens by Stagg Peterson, Shelley; Robinson, Red Bear is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Rights of Indigenous Children: Reading Children’s Literature through an Indigenous Knowledges Lens about?

Indigenous children’s literature supports Indigenous communities’ rights to revitalization, and to the transmission to future generations, of Indigenous histories, languages, and world views, as put forth in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Drawing on Indigenous teachings that were given to him by Elders, an Indigenous Knowledge Keeper, Red Bear, interprets 10 Indigenous picture books published in Canada between 2015 and 2019 by mainstream and Indigenous publishing companies. These books were selected from the International Best Books for Children Canada’s list of Indigenous books and websites of four Canadian Indigenous publishers. We discuss the Knowledge Keeper’s interpretation of books that are grouped within four categories: intergenerational impact of residential schools, stories using spiritual lessons from nature, autobiography and biography, and stories using teachings about relationships. Recognizing the richness, authenticity, and integrity of Red Bear’s interpretation of the books, we propose that all teachers should strive to learn Indigenous cultural perspectives and knowledge when reading Indigenous children’s literature.

Who reads Rights of Indigenous Children: Reading Children’s Literature through an Indigenous Knowledges Lens?

Author

Stagg Peterson, Shelley; Robinson, Red Bear

Publisher

MDPI AG; Basel: MDPI AG, 2012-; Publons (ISSN 2227-7102)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences