Tag Archives: Native Americans

Music Review: Songs and Dances of The Sioux, Apache, Kiowa, Hopi, Navajo, Cree, Seminole and Others

Prior to Thanksgiving, I searched for Native American music via my library’s electronic resources such as Hoopla and Freegal. The Songs and Dances of the Sioux, Apache, Kiowa, Hopi, Navajo, Cree, Seminole, and Others is the most traditional album I had found. If your local library has an account with Hoopla, you can use your… Read More »

Book Review: Small Wolf

Small Wolf, by Nathaniel Benchley, is both children’s literature and historical fiction. The story is about a first contact between Native Americans and Europeans on the island of Manhattan. The story does not go far enough in detail to describe the harm to Native Americans caused by immigrants. An e-audiobook version of this story on… Read More »

Library News: Indigenous Peoples Day

The Los Angeles Public Library will be closed for Monday, October 9, 2017 in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles City Council voted on August 30, 2017 to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day and Italian Americans weren’t happy about losing a day of remembrance for… Read More »

Book Review: A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate

Based upon the title, A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate by Reverend Santiago Tafolla, you might be under the impression that this memoir can contribute to your academic research paper on the American Civil War and debate over Black American slavery before and during the American Civil War of the 1860s. Luckily,… Read More »