Britten, Thomas A. The National Council on Indian Opportunity: Quiet Champion of Self-Determination. University of New Mexico Press, 2014. Reviewed by Faye Hadley Online Adjunct Professor, Research Methods in Indian Law, University of Tulsa College of Law While a bureaucratic history is hardly the stuff of the “page-turner” genre, Thomas A. Britten presents an important … Continued

The American Indian Library Association and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Announce Winners of the 2015 Talk Story Grant The American Indian Library Association (AILA) and the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), supported by Toyota Financial Services, are pleased to award a $600 grant to each of the following ten libraries and community organizations to … Continued

Honoring Our Elders: AILA Distinguished Service Award We are pleased to announce that Dr. Loriene Roy (Anishinabe, White Earth Nation) has been selected to receive the Distinguished Service Award. During her professional career, Loriene has served as AILA President, created the “If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything” program, provided leadership in the International … Continued

The 9th International Indigenous Librarians Forum will be held on August 4-7-2015 at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Who should attend? Knowledge Keepers, Librarians, Archivists, Curators, Information Managers & those working in Cultural Heritage and Language Preservation. For more information http://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/NinthInternationalIndigenousLibrariansForum2015

On behalf of the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums and the National Planning Committee for the September 9-15 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Washington, DC (#ATALM2015), it gives me great pleasure to inform you that Priority Registration is now open. Priority registration is from May 1 to May 14 … Continued

Sider, Gerald. M. Skin for skin: death and life for Inuit and Innu. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2014. Narrating Native Histories: a series edited by K. Tsianina Lomawima, Florencia E. Mallon, Alicida Ramos, and Joanne Rappaport. 312 pages. Reviewed by Naomi Caldwell, PhD Associate Professor, Alabama State University Sider, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, … Continued

Tingle, Tim. How I Became a Ghost. Oklahoma City, OK: The Roadrunner Press, 2013. Reviewed by George Gottschalk, Collection Development Librarian for Rogers State University How I Became a Ghost is the tale of one Choctaw boy’s departure from Mississippi with his family on the Trail of Tears. After suffering his own harrowing tribulations and … Continued

For those attending ALA Annual in San Francisco, please note that we have a hotel block with APALA at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Please keep this in mind as you register.

Conway, Martha. Thieving Forest.. San Francisco: Noontime, 2014. 407 pages. Print. Reviewed by John Baken Head Librarian, Willmar Public Library (Pioneerland Library System in MN) I really like the conceit of Martha Conway’s novel Thieving Forest. The novel is historical fiction and details an incident from 1806, in which four sisters are kidnapped by a … Continued

Krauthamer, Barbara. Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South.. The University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Reviewed by Ghada Kanafani Elturk Boulder Public Library Multicultural Outreach Librarian In Black Slaves, Indian Masters, Barbara Krauthamer examines the history of black slavery by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in the American … Continued