The Banning Of Little House On The Prairie :: essays research papers fc

"The Banning of short House on the Prairie"     Objections to Little House on the Prairie arose in the mid 1990s. Until then, the book, as well as the rest of the serial, was passing praised for children of all ages. In fact, Laura was such a highly praised author that a book award was named in her honor, The Laura Ingalls mad Award. It was constituted in 1954 by the American Library Association and was first presented to Mrs. Wilder herself for the Little House on the Prairie series. It is now presented every three long time to an author who has produced a piece of work that has made a straightforward and lasting contribution to childrens literature.     Little House on the Prairie was first challenged in 1993 by parents of students at Lafourche Parish elementary schools in Thibodaux, Louisiana. They were requesting the novel be outback(a) on the grounds of it being "offensive to Indians." Parents recited excerpts from t he book documentationing their objections as follows "naked wild men", "terrible men", and "glittering gloomy eyes". A phrase repeated several times the Ingalls neighbor, Mrs. Scott, was as well as cited, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian." Further, another reference was given to the school board from when Ma and the girls were alone in the cabin since Pa was gone hunting. Two men from the Osage tribe visited the cabin in which Laura describes them as, "Those Indians were dirty and scowling and mean. They acted as if the house belonged to them." Wilder then goes on to describe how the Indians went through their cupboards and began to take food and tobacco and fur that was to be traded for plows and seeds until the Indians companion stopped him. The school board denied the request and the book was retained. In 1994, the book was banned from elementary schools in Sturgis, South Dakota again on the grounds that "it contains statement s that are considered derogatory to Native Americans." The objection presented to the Sturgis School hop on were mainly cited in the Lafourche Parish challenge, and Sturgis evidenced significantly greater public support for the ban.     Should we read this book? This is a question that can be answered in m all shapes and forms. I think the Little House on the Prairie series is a delight to read, and a wonderful addition in any persons library. I own copy of the series myself and practically know it by heart.