Support gratifies tribal author - PressReader
1 day ago · Catalog; For You; The Boston Globe. Support gratifies tribal author Her book was at center of texas controversy 2024-10-24 - By Izzy Bryars . A Texas court ordered that a children’s history book about the Wampanoag tribe, written by Aquinnah author Linda Coombs, be returned to the nonfiction second of an East Texas library system a week after a court-appointed citizens committee deemed it ...
Texas County Moves Indigenous History Children
Oct 17, 2024 · After a challenge, Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs was moved to fiction at the Montgomery County (TX) libraries; Kokila won't back down from its mission to empower children and publish diverse titles; and more news.
Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s …
4 days ago · Last modified on Mon 21 Oct 2024 10.48 EDT. Anti-censorship advocates have joined the book publisher Penguin Random House in condemning a Texas county that reclassified an account of European ...
Texas county condemned for recategorizing book on colonization …
3 days ago · Montgomery County Commission decided to reclassify Linda Coombs’ book Colonization and the Wampanoag Story as fiction in the seven libraries in the county — a move that has sparked criticism...
Wampanoag author’s children’s book at center of Texas library …
2 days ago · A Texas court ordered that a children’s history book about the Wampanoag tribe, written by Aquinnah author Linda Coombs, be returned to the nonfiction second of an East Texas library system a ...
Texas county labels Native American history book a work of fiction ...
6 days ago · The book Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Native American historian Linda Coombs is recognized as a work of nonfiction by the Library of Congress.
Native American history book labeled as fiction by Texas county
2 days ago · In response to the decision, the progressive group National Campaign for Justice has started a petition for Linda Coombs' book to be returned to the nonfiction shelves of Montgomery County...
Decision in Texas Reclassifying Celebrated Native Book Diminishes ...
Oct 16, 2024 · On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Commission reversed its decision to reclassify Linda Coombs celebrated book, from nonfiction to fiction. “This was a mistake from the outset,” the coalition of national and state advocates, …
Texas library board wrongly labels Wampanoag history book as …
5 days ago · Written by Linda Coombs, a historian who is Wampanoag, the highly regarded book is classified as nonfiction by the Library of Congress and all major Texas library systems. Because that’s what...
Linda Coombs Lifts Up the Wampanoag Story - Vineyard Gazette
Jun 12, 2024 · Historian and Wampanoag tribal elder Linda Coombs recently published Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. On Monday, she spoke at Aquinnah town hall about her book and her career.