Doris Seale
Doris Seale (born Doris Marion Seale; July 10, 1936 – February 17, 2017) was a Santee Dakota, Abenaki and Cree librarian, poet, writer, and educator. She worked as a librarian for 45 years.[1][2] She has written about Native Americans sending positive messages to children. Her work has helped to educate teachers about the truth about Native American people and cultures. She was a co-founder of Oyate, an advocacy and education organization which reviews children's literature to ensure it treats Native Americans with "historical accuracy, cultural appropriateness and without anti-Indian bias and stereotypes".[3]
She wrote poetry and non-fiction that focused on these themes. Her last published work, A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children, dealt with issues of cultural appropriation. It included a chapter on deconstructing the myths perpetuated about the first Thanksgiving, helping educators create more culturally appropriate activities for the holiday.[4] Her activism extended into other areas of her work. When she received the ALA Equity Award in 2001, the ceremony was being held at the Marriott Hotel in San Francisco, a hotel that was in a labor dispute with its workers. Seale joined that picket line rather than go inside to accept her award.[5]
Awards[edit]
Works[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- Blood Salt. American Native Press Archives. 1989.
- Ghost dance: new and selected poems. Oyate. 2000. ISBN 978-0-9625175-8-7.
Non-fiction[edit]
- Caucasian Americans: Basic Skills Workbook. Berkeley, CA: Oyate. 1994.
- How to Tell the Difference: A Checklist for Evaluating Children's Books for Anti-Indian Bias. New Society Publishers. 1992. ISBN 1-55092-163-0.
- Little Whitepeople. Berkeley, CA: Oyate. 1995.
- The Multicolored Mirror: Cultural Substance in Literature for Children and Young Adults. CCBC/Highsmith Press. 1991.
- Thanksgiving : a native perspective. Berkeley, CA: Oyate. 1998.
- Through Indian eyes : the native experience in books for children. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: New Society Publishers. 1992.
Editor[edit]
- Doris Seale; Beverly Slapin, eds. (2005). A broken flute: the Native experience in books for children. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7591-0778-6.
References[edit]
- ^ "Oyate - Staf & Board". Oyate. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "DORIS MARION SEALE". Legacy.com. Boston Globe. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "Oyate - About Us". Oyate. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Morris, Amanda (November 10, 2015). "Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way". Teaching Tolerance. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Reese, Debbie (June 5, 2017). "Doris Seale, 1936-2017". American Indians in Children's Literature. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Malden, Cheryl. "Seale receives the 2001 Equality Award". American Library Association. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
External links[edit]
- "Doris Seale", Native American Authors Project
- "Resources for Teaching About Native Americans", Encyclopedia Smithsonian
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- Santee Dakota people
- American people who self-identify as being of Abenaki descent
- American educators
- American people who self-identify as being of Cree descent
- American women poets
- American Book Award winners
- American librarians
- American women librarians
- Native American women writers
- 1936 births
- 2017 deaths
- 20th-century Native American women
- 20th-century Native Americans
- 21st-century Native American women
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century Native American writers