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Chargement... Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (1991)par Chief Seattle
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Sad and beautiful. ( ) "[In this book] a Suquamish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth, and concern for its destruction." Source: Summary from the title page. "Chief Seattle lived from approximately 1790 to 1866, in the Pacific Northwest region of what is now the United States. He was a chief of the Suquamish and Duwamish Indians and was present at treaty negotiations that took place with the dominant white settlers in the 1850s. It was at one of those negotiations that Chief Seattle delivered a speech in his native tongue, a speech which has since--in a variety of forms--served as the basis of ecological movements around the world and from which 'Brother Eagle, Sister Sky' is drawn." Source: Book's dust jacket. " Susan Jeffers's paintings for [this book] combine the beauty of nature with the wisdom of Native American philosophy. 'My aim,' says Ms. Jeffers, 'was to portray people and artifacts from a wide array of nations because the philosophy expressed in the text is one shared by most Native Americans. . ." Source: Book's dust jacket There's no reliable transcript of what Si'ahl said to his gathered people in March 1854. He was a Native American though, so we should just assume it was all about bears and deers, and leaping spirits, and the importance of harnessing renewable energy for a sustainable future. He didn't ride a horse, as he wasn't a plains Indian, but what kind of boring illustration would that make? I'd like to think that Chief Seattle invented the environmental movement with a searing vision-warning about our industrialised future and that he didn't just have a moan about being shuffled off to a reservation. Reading this, I can believe that he did. Beautiful and lyrical. Although basically a picture book, just had to have this wonderful book.. FROM AMAZON: The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth. The great American Indian Chief Seattle spoke these words over a hundred years ago. His remarkably relevant message of respect for the Earth and every creature on it has endured the test of time and is imbued with passion born of love of the land and the environment. Illustrated by award-winning artist Susan Jeffers, the stirring pen-and-color drawings bring a wide array of Native Americans to life while capturing the splendor of nature and the land. Children and parents alike will enjoy the timeless, poignant message presented in this beautifully illustrated picture book.
This is an attractive book with an appealing message. It is purportedly based on an 1855 speech, in which Chief Seattle regrets that whites do not share the American Indian caretaker approach to Nature. The text owes more to a 1970s filmscript, however, written to reflect modern-day ecological concerns… [and] it is impossible to judge how closely the text presented here reflects the original. The illustrations are attractive, but unfortunately, reflect Plains material culture, not Squamish. Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pitfalls [excerpt] Popular but Problematic Books: The First Pitfall The responses of Native critics to these three books suggest that neither critical acclaim nor representations of cultures other than European American can guarantee that a book is good multicultural literature. Regardless of how engaging the stories are, or how important their themes, even their subtle inaccuracies may contribute to cultural misunderstanding and to potential discomfort for children whose cultures are inaccurately portrayed. Both the mirror and the window are thus distorted. Prix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
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