[Michlib-l] Wilder

[Chelsea Hilton]

Anne,

Thank you for pointing this out. I benefit and, more importantly, my
community benefits when I have information like this to consider when I
plan programming. I will contact you off list for the additional reading
you mentioned.

Best,
Chelsea Hilton

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 12:37 PM Lori Rinaldi via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> Actually, Wilder wrote about Native Americans in a good light, in her own
> opinions, but mentioned how other people were afraid of them , ect. She did
> mention being terrified during their war chants.
>   Saying that her writing his armful to any group is wrong. Read the
> books. Don't just believe some hype.
>   Not wanting to start a fight here. but I have studied LIW very closely,
> esp in my grad years.
> But I do respect you opinion. I just disagree with it.
>
> Lori Rinaldi
>
> On 09/14/2021 10:24 AM Anne Heidemann via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Boozhoo (hello), Michigan library community,
>
>
> I wanted to share some information about Wilder and her Little House books
> that not everyone may be thinking about. In my role serving as the Tribal
> Librarian for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, I have had the opportunity
> to study and think about this issue in depth and humbly share this with you.
>
>
> The content of Wilder’s works is actively harmful, not just to Native
> readers whose ancestors are supposedly portrayed in them, but to everyone
> who reads them and takes in those damaging depictions. They portray a
> vision of history as seen from a settler colonialist perspective that did
> not allow any room for the humanity of people who were not white settlers
> (in addition to the inaccurate depictions of Indigenous peoples, there is
> also anti-Black content).
>
>
> Many of us working in libraries may have fond memories of reading or
> having these books read to us when we were kids, but it is possible to
> separate those memories from the harmful content that accompanied them – to
> make a different choice when recommending books to today’s young readers.
>
>
> My suggestion here is that we choose to celebrate writers and books that
> include everyone’s humanity, and chose not to celebrate those which do not.
>
>
> There is quite a lot of writing out there about the damage that Wilder’s
> books do.  Please contact me off-list if you’d like me to provide
> suggestions.
>
>
> Miigwetch,
>
> Anne
>
>
> Anne Heidemann, Tribal Librarian (she/her)
>
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>
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>
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-- 
Chelsea Hilton
Program Coordinator
Leland Township Public Library
203 E. Cedar St.
Leland, MI 49654
(231) 256-9152
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