tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5470281954187432830..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Kaya the American (Indian) Girl dollRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-70844521089063397182009-08-04T15:11:12.450-07:002009-08-04T15:11:12.450-07:00I didn't write this piece. It's an excerp...I didn't write this piece. It's an excerpt from Beverly Slapin's review of the doll by way of the American Indians in Children's Literature blog. Click on the link to see the original posting.<br /><br />I don't know what "American Girl" planned, but the stories supposedly take place in 1764. Contacts with the Nez Percé would've been rare at that time, but not unheard of. As you know, Indians as a whole were well beyond the pre-contact era by then.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-44424072972829650752009-08-04T14:11:15.753-07:002009-08-04T14:11:15.753-07:00Oh yeah, these are kid books, so naturally the boo...Oh yeah, these are kid books, so naturally the books have pleasant resolutions...and they were planned to take place pre-contact.Debra Krolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879740705992484957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-61143416849632648972009-08-04T14:10:09.373-07:002009-08-04T14:10:09.373-07:00Hey Rob, I was actually looking for something else...Hey Rob, I was actually looking for something else when i found this post. You know, I got turned on to Kaya by Nez Perce tribal members who wanted me to write about the books in Native Peoples--they said that the books were quite accurate and they highly endorsed them. Don't know why you don't like them...Debra Krolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879740705992484957noreply@blogger.com