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Wampanoag history book at the center of Texas controversy
Linda Coombs, has been at the center of an effort in Texas to discredit her work about America from an indigenous perspective. In September, a citizen’s review committee directed Coombs’ 2023 book, “Colonization and the Wampanoag Story,
Opinion
We fight book bans in Texas. This county’s latest move stunned us.
If government officials can dismiss a well-researched, factual account of history as fiction, then what other truths will they try to silence?
Texas county reverses classification of Indigenous history book as fiction
A Montgomery County committee caused an outcry after labelling “Colonization and the Wampanoag story,” a children’s Native American history book, as fiction.
Texas Community Blast Local Officials Who Voted to Move Native American History Book to Fiction Section: 'Stop Weaponizing Everything'
Local Texas officials are facing intense scrutiny from community members, after they learned about a vote to label a children's book on Native American history as fiction. Native American historian Linda Coombs' book "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story" was shelved as fiction in Montgomery County public libraries Oct.
Court Suspends Panel That Decided History Book Is Fiction
The Texas review board that mandated public libraries move a book about the mistreatment of Native Americans to the "fiction" section has been suspended, as have all of its recent decisions, in response to widespread pushback.
Montgomery County committee incorrectly categorized historical book as fiction, publisher says
Coombs is a historian and author from the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah. She wrote children's books for a museum series that highlighted aspects of southern New English tribal cultures, according to Penguin Random House.
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Wampanoag author’s children’s book at center of Texas library book controversy
Montgomery County north of Houston ordered “Colonization and the Wampanoag Story,” by local author Linda Coombs, back to the ...
Opinion
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Opinion
When real history gets recast as 'fiction,' it's another form of book-banning
A committee without credentials in Montgomery County, Texas, decided a historical work about Indigenous people, "Colonization ...
The Washington Informer
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JEALOUS: Attacks on People’s Stories Are Attacks on People. Just Ask a Librarian.
Houston suburb reclassifies Native American book as fiction, invalidating Indigenous history. Librarians and activists fight ...
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A Texas county called a history book about Native Americans in Massachusetts fiction. It reversed itself after an outcry.
A Texas county backtracked after widespread criticism when it said a children's book on Native American history in ...
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Texas Reclassifying Book On Colonization As Fiction: 'Threat To The Freedom To Read'
The controversy centers on Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs, which presents the colonization of New ...
Texarkana Gazette
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EDITORIAL | Closed-Door Critics: Texas county needs to rethink how library books are scrutinized
The book "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story" by by Linda Coombs, a historian member of the Wampanoag Nation, is a children ...
San Antonio Current
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Texas county labels Native American history book a work of fiction, sparking outrage
Montgomery County's decision to move the book was made by a citizen review committee that doesn't include any librarians.
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