Thank you so much for the information on this series of maps.  Our
institution has strong links to the Miami nation, owing to the history of
its founding and its location in Southwestern Ohio, and neighboring
Indiana.  So warnings against such materials is very useful, indeed.

Ken Grabach

Ken Grabach
Maps Librarian
BEST Library, 219D
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, OH  45056  USA

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 8:30 AM, LINDA MUSSER <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> *From: *"Debbie Reese" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, August 16, 2016 6:56:29 AM
> *Subject: *The "Tribal Nations Maps"
>
> Good morning!
>
> Two years ago, a lot of Native librarians started getting emails from
> Aaron Carapella, urging them to buy a Tribal Nations Map that he was
> selling. I got the emails, too, and took a look at it. I did a review and
> didn't recommend it because of errors I saw in the depiction of Pueblo
> nations. Since then, Carapella has made similar maps of Alaska, Canada,
> Mexico, South America, and variants of the North American one.
>
> A few weeks ago he launched a campaign to raise money so he could give
> every high school in Virginia a copy of the Native American Nations map. He
> is characterizing the map as accurate, so I revisited his maps and found
> that, although he had revised it, it is now worse than it was before.
>
> I wrote a second review and have been adding comments to it, provided to
> me by other Native and non-Native scholars who have looked at the maps.
> I'll continue to add that feedback.
>
> Here's my review. Please share it with others. Carapella's project is
> ambitious, and for that I'd like to give him credit, but he's also been
> dismissive of Native input. The sheer scope of what he is trying to do is a
> clear indicator that he needed a lot of help.
>
> https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
> 2016/08/a-second-look-at-carapellas-tribal.html
>
> I know that some libraries purchase items with the idea that even if it is
> flawed, it is better than nothing. Sometimes, though, the flawed character
> of something only adds to existing misinformation and ignorance of, in this
> case, Native peoples.
>
> Debbie
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