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Jim Charles, professor of English Education at the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, participates in and has been a student of Ponca American Indian culture since 1972. Topics he researches and writes about include Ponca songs, American Indian literatures, textbook treatment of American Indian literatures, American Indian education, teacher effectiveness, and the teaching of composition.
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Charles, J. Out of the cupboard and into the classroom: Children and the American Indian literary experience. Child Lit Educ 27, 167–179 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02355688
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