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Does your idea of reading begin and end with text messages on your phone? Year after year, Native American students lag behind other groups when it comes to reading levels. The Literacy Project links higher levels of reading with increased income and lower levels of incarceration. Several programs are working to get more books in the hands of Native Americans. What books are on your summer reading list?
Guests:
Dr. Loriene Roy (Anishinaabe, enrolled in the White Earth Reservation and member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) – professor and graduate advisor in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin
Deimosa Webber-Bey – library manager at Scholastic
Danielle Burbank (Navajo) – reference and online librarian at San Juan College
Break Music: ABC 123 Song (song) Talibah (artist) Navajo Songs For Children (album)
