AN
206 Native Cultures of
FALL
2007
Dr. Sandra Faiman‑Silva email:
sfaimansilva@bridgew.edu
Office: 100E
burrill Office Pod Hours:
TTh
Tel: (508)
531-2369 And
By Appointment
Oglala Lakota Black Elk said:
“You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and
that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything
tries to be round….Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and
always come back again to where they were.”
This
course will investigate Native American tribal cultures throughout
Students
will be required to come prepared to class. You must read assignments and pursue
internet searches ahead of time, so you can participate in this course. Otherwise you should not sign up for this
course. The Internet will be a major
resource for some of the research activities.
You should plan to have access to an internet website, so you can
participate fully in these activities.
You may access class materials through my Blackboard for this
course. I will place the syllabus,
readings, and other materials on this Site for you to access. You may also access this syllabus and other
course materials through my
Students
will complete two mid-term exams, an impression paper, and a final exam. Students should attend class regularly. Absences in excess of four will result in a
reduction in grade (at least 1/2 grade).
You must participate in class discussions and complete assignments on
time. Missing exams is strongly
discouraged, and only a legitimate medical or other excuse will be
accepted. Additional information will be
given in class about the computer search notebook assignment. Assignments will
be graded as follows:
2
Mid-Term exams/quizzes 25% each
Tribe
Comparison/Analysis Paper 25%
Final
Exam 25%
Attendance/participation
+/-10%
The following texts will be
used and should be purchased at the
John
H. Moore, The
Claire
Farrar, Thunder
Rides a Black Horse, 2nd ed. Waveland, 1996.
Sandra
Faiman-Silva, Choctaws
at the Crossroads, U Nebraska 2000
Native American websites will
provide useful information sources, especially during the first part of the
course. We will use these as part of
our data-base.
A useful site for information
about Native American tribes is located at:
http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html.
This site contains
descriptions of more than two dozen tribes.
You can access information about the history and cultural features of
tribes mentioned in class through this website.
Another site that contains a
directory of many tribes is:
http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/nations.html
A site about
A site about Tlingit/Haida
tribes of the
Click on Links to access numerous sites about the
A site about the Gay Head
Wampanoag tribe is located at http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/
A site about the Seaconke
Tribe of Wampanoags is at http://www.inphone.com/seahome.html
DAILY ASSIGNMENTS: The following Assignments should be prepared for
the date listed and will be the basis for class discussions.
DATE: ASSIGNMENT
Sept. 18 Culture
Areas. Look at: http://www.hanksville.org/sand/stereotypes
(this site may not work) and http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/cultmap.html
Click on
http://npc.nunavut.ca/eng/nunavut/
Click on Plateau
dot which brings you to:
http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
Click on
http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/basin/gb-title.htm
Click on Southwest
dot which brings you to:
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/beads/turquois.html
Click
on
http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/outline/index.htm
Click on Southern
Woodlands dot which brings you to:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/feature/feature.htm
Sub
Arctic/East http://www.gcc.ca/index.htm Cree
website
Learn
about Innu Nation by going to the
Innu History and
Culture
Page @ http://www.innu.ca/culture.html
*READ ”‘Spirituality’ Among
the Inuit and Innu of Laborador” @
http://www.innu.ca/tanner1.html
NOTE: This reading is accessible through Blackboard
Sept. 25 East Look at: www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/cultmap.html
and click on Northern Woodlands
Go
to: http://www.nativetech.org/scenes/index.html
For ‘virtual tour’ of Eastern Woodlands indigenous way
of life
(site is somewhat elementary, but useful narratives
and sketches)
*Go to:
http://www.tolatsga.org/wampa.html
to read about Wampanoag history
*Go
to: http://www.peace4turtleisland.org to learn about the Iroquois, who call
themselves the Haudausaunee, People of the Long House
See a map of the Iroquois lands at:
http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/ancestrallandsmap.htm
*Click on the six sites to lean about the
history and culture of the six member
nations who belonged to the
Iroquois Confederacy:
Sececa, Cayuga, Onondaga,
*Go to:
http://www.kahonwes.com/constitution.html
to read over The
Constitution of the Iroquois
Nations
Oct. 2 East, Cont. Iroquois Confederacy, Cont.
Oct. 9 1st
Midterm Quiz
Plains Tribes: Read: The
Go
to: http://tlc.wtp.net/northern.htm which is the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders
Council website where you can access websites for many Northern Plains tribes,
including the
Oct. 16 Go to: www.nps.gov/fola/indians.htm for an overview of the Plains tribes.
The
Go to: http://www.montana.edu/wwwfpcc/tribes/
for information about
Peck
Oct. 23 The
Oct. 30 The
Begin Southwest: Look at:
Look at Navajo Nation homepage http://www.navajo.org
Look at White Mountain Apache homepage: http://www.wmat.nsn.us/
Go to:
http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/ to
learn about the Hopis
Video,
“Hopi: Songs of the
Nov. 13 Hopi, Southwest, Cont.
Begin Farrer, Thunder Rides a Black Horse
Thunder Rides a Black
Nov. 20 Thunder Rides a Black Horse,
Take-Home
Comparison Paper Handed Out Today
Comparison
Paper Due Nov. 27
Nov. 27 READ: Choctaws at the Crossroads, Ch. 7-8
Choctaws at the Crossroads, Ch. 9-11:
esp. Pgs. 154-161
Take-Home
Comparision Paper Due Today
Dec. 4 Choctaws at the Crossroads, Ch. 11 to end; Ch. 12
Choctaws at the Crossroads, Ch. 1-2
Go to:
http://www.choctawnation.com/
to view the Choctaw Nation website.
Go to the History page and click on People,
then Chiefs to learn about Choctaw
Chiefs
Dec. 11 Choctaws at the Crossroads,
Ch. 3-4
Choctaws at the Crossroads, Ch. 5 esp:
pgs. 58-65, 70-75,
And
Choctaws at the Crossroads ,
Final Exam: Tuesday, December 18