She points out misrepresentations and misconceptions of Inupiaq culture, and says The reviewer, Martha Stackhouse, is Inupiaq. "While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen year old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack."Ī few days ago on child_lit (an Internet listserv for discussion of children's books), a subscriber posted a link to a review of the book on the Alaska Native Knowledge Network webpage. This is the summary of the Julie of the Wolves (from the Library of Congress): Numerous teacher's guide and activity books are available for teachers to use when teaching the book. It is available in audio and video there is a sequel to it. It is included on a wide range of recommended book lists. Below is that post from 2006.įirst published in 1972 by Harper & Row, Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973. Way back in 2006 when I first launched this blog, I did a short post about Julie of the Wolves that linked to a review done by Martha Stackhouse. Do not think like the white writers who misrepresented them!Ī good example is Julie of the Wolves.
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