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Peer reviewedTarr, C. Anita – Children's Literature in Education, 1997
Argues that, in "Island of the Blue Dolphins," Scott O'Dell offers a skeleton main character (Karana). Contends that O'Dell has sketched Karana as a stereotype and that readers complete her characterization, filling out the skeleton by perpetuating the stereotypes. Points out this trading of stereotype for true character development in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indians, Characterization, Childrens Literature
Seawell, Mary Ann – Today's Minorities, 1994
Reports on the investigations and writings of Stanford assistant professor of English Robert Allen Warrior concerning published writings by American Indian authors back to the 1760s. Introduces two of Warrior's current projects: comparing American Indian authors John Joseph Matthews and Vine Deloria Jr., and examining writings of Indian activists…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indian Studies
