But instead he was here, all alone. The soft pencil illustrations are lovely. These moving, lyrical poems are stories of life and songs of resistance. A Native Perspective . For Native peoples, thanksgiving comes not once a year, but always, for all the gifts of life.
All Native nations have celebrations of the harvest that come from very ancient tradition.
The U.S. holiday celebrates and perpetuates a myth which has almost nothing to do with reality, and is a bitter reminder for all Native people of 500 years of betrayal returned for friendship. Through Indian Eyes , a compilation of work by Native parents, educators, poets, and writers, is for anyone interested in presenting non-biased material about indigenous peoples to children. It contains, from a Native perspective, essays and poetry, critical reviews of more than 100 children's books by and about Indian peoples, a guide to evaluating children's books for anti-Indian bias, a recommended bibliography, and a resource section of Native publishers and organizations. A Guide for Evaluating Children's Books for Anti-Indian Bias . The Native Experience in Books for Children , the goal of this 30-page book is to make it easier for parents, students, teachers or librarians to choose undistorted books about the lives and histories of indigenous peoples.