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

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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

Tademy, Lalita. Citizens Creek. New York, NY: Atria Books, 2014. Review submitted by Marsha Lytle, Book Review Editor Lalita Tademy, author of New York Times bestselling novel, Cane River, has captured the spirit and challenges of a family of African-American/Creek Indians in Alabama starting in 1822. Cow Tom is valuable to his master because of his … Continued

The American Indian Library Association (AILA) will provide financial assistance to two library professionals currently working in tribal library of any kind to attend the 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago, IL. Deadline: November 17, 2014 Find more information at http://ailanet.org/awards/travel-grants/

Washburn, Frances. The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band. No ed. Vol. 77. Tucson: U of Arizona, 2014. 178. Print. Reviewed by John Baken Head Librarian IV at Willmar Public Library, which is a part of Pioneerland Library System in Minnesota. In an entertaining and often engaging narrative, which begins on the Fourth of July in … Continued

By Zora Sampson In order to honor the 35th anniversary of the American Indian Library Association, our AILA, it was my privilege to interview one of the founders, Dr. Lotsee Patterson, Professor Emeritus of the School of Library and Information Science, University of Oklahoma. My remarks are based on an interview with her and her … Continued

By Cheryl Minnema. Illustrator Wesley Ballinger. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014. Review submitted by SaraJane Tompkins Reference Librarian/Pre K-12 Collection, Olson Library, Northern Michigan University In Hungry Johnny, Minnema presents a believable character throughout the story. Johnny is like many children: a busy, hungry little boy who must learn patience from his family members, but … Continued

Gary McCone Retired Associate Director of the NAL, Information Systems Division What do you do? I retired from federal service in 2010, having spent my entire library career at the Library of Congress and the National Agricultural Library, with the final 15 years as Associate Director of NAL in charge of the Information Systems Division. … Continued