Comments on: We Shall Remain – And You Don’t Want to Miss This http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/2009/04/10/we-shall-remain-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-this/ A School Library Journal Blog Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Debbie Reese http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/2009/04/10/we-shall-remain-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-this/#comment-246 Debbie Reese Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:32:38 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/2009/04/10/we-shall-remain-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-this/#comment-246 It starts with children singing "Ten Little Indians." The visuals start with animated ledger art of a school bus, with Native children boarding that bus. The animated ledger-art is interspersed with black and white photos, and interviews with Native people who were in the schools. The clip is from one of the episodes that will air later. It is a powerful clip. In spite of the boarding schools, we are still here, and as is made clear by the series itself and the interviews and activities of Native people today, it is clear why the series is called "We Shall Remain." I don't mean that to sound melodramatic. I do mean to say that Native people are pushing back in greater numbers and in greater ways to the ways that we our cultures and histories are taught and presented in the media, in school, in books, etc. It starts with children singing “Ten Little Indians.” The visuals start with animated ledger art of a school bus, with Native children boarding that bus. The animated ledger-art is interspersed with black and white photos, and interviews with Native people who were in the schools. The clip is from one of the episodes that will air later.

It is a powerful clip. In spite of the boarding schools, we are still here, and as is made clear by the series itself and the interviews and activities of Native people today, it is clear why the series is called “We Shall Remain.” I don’t mean that to sound melodramatic. I do mean to say that Native people are pushing back in greater numbers and in greater ways to the ways that we our cultures and histories are taught and presented in the media, in school, in books, etc.

]]> By: Debbie Reese http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/2009/04/10/we-shall-remain-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-this/#comment-247 Debbie Reese Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:30:53 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/practicallyparadise/2009/04/10/we-shall-remain-and-you-dont-want-to-miss-this/#comment-247 Hi Diane, Writers, reviewers, editors, teachers... anyone whose work in some way touches American Indian cultures/histories... Please watch the upcoming PBS series WE SHALL REMAIN. It starts on Monday night. Native scholars and leaders were deeply involved in the series. At the website there are guides for teachers to use with students. The link to facebook in Diane's post above starts with children singing " Hi Diane,

Writers, reviewers, editors, teachers… anyone whose work in some way touches American Indian cultures/histories… Please watch the upcoming PBS series WE SHALL REMAIN. It starts on Monday night. Native scholars and leaders were deeply involved in the series. At the website there are guides for teachers to use with students.

The link to facebook in Diane’s post above starts with children singing ”

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