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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Redacted From Children's Literature Award
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Thanks to Racist Leanings, Laura Ingalls Wilder Scrubbed From Children's Literature Award

The 64-year-old award gets a name change after objections to Wilder's anti-Native American sentiments.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the 1935 classic Little House on the Prairie, is no longer the namesake of an award offered by The Association for Library Service to Children. The removal of her name follows decades of complaints from Native American activists.

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