![]() Lawmakers around the nation want to ban books in schools that challenge white-centric narratives and offer more honest retellings of history. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Reese recently shared her thoughts with Learning for Justice about the most recent spate of book-banning campaigns that began in earnest throughout the United States in 2021. ![]() She has lectured widely and has published across multiple academic disciplines. A member of the Nambé Owingeh nation, Reese founded in 2006 American Indians in Children’s Literature (AICL), an online resource providing analyses of representations of Indigenous peoples in children’s and young adult books. ![]() With Jean Mendoza, Ph.D., she adapted the award-winning book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s original for adults. Debbie Reese, Ph.D., is an activist, scholar and former elementary school teacher. ![]()
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