ANT 351- Native North Americans

Instructor: Dr. Paul Aspelin
Office: CB-146; phone 687-2167
Anthropology Department: CB-139; phone 687-2414

Course Objectives:

1. To provide a summary or overview of the Native North American peoples, their past and present conditions, origins, variety of cultures, and their interaction with European or American and Canadian cultures.

2. To provide an opportunity for the consideration and discussion of the contemporary Native North American situation in terms of such issues as Federal Indian benefits, identity, energy development, land rights and water rights, urban relocation, etc.

3. To provide an opportunity for individua1learning regarding the individual attitudes and perceptions each of us holds regarding Native Americans, through the course context.

Exams: There will be three exams covering class materials, plus one Museum test.

Three equally-weighted exams covering the assigned text materials and classroom presentations (films, lectures, discussions, guest presentations, etc.) for that part of the course will be given as scheduled below. Although it will be given during the final exam period required by the

University, the last one of these will not be a comprehensive final. It will cover only the last third of the material. All in-class exams will be multiple-choice. Make-up exams will be all

essay and are not available automatically. You should make every effort to take each exam with the rest of the class. Each of these three exams is worth 30% of your course grade, total 90%.

A Museum Test is also scheduled for the day of the last exam. It will be worth 10% of your grade. It requires your observation of the Native American exhibits at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. A study guide to facilitate your study of these materials will be distributed after the first exam. Visit the Museum on your own time and plan on spending 5-6 hours there. Or, you might prefer to divide it into two sessions. The Museum charges for admission, but there are usually some free times. Call in advance to ascertain when.

 

*****Textbooks*****

Be sure you get only these editions.

1. Garbarino, Merwyn S. and Robert F. Sasso 1994 Native American Heritage,3rd ed., Waveland Press.

2. Lobo, Susan and Steve Talbot, eds. 2001 Native American Voices: A Reader, 2nd ed. NY: Prentice-Hall

3. Nichols, Roger L., ed. 1999 The American Indian. Past and Present, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill.

 

You must keep up with the reading as scheduled. Do not let vourself fall behind. I will not cut any material.

Assignments

1-2: Overview; Concept and utility of culture areas; Origins and prehistory of the Native New World population. Garbarino:
introduction to section I, and chapters 1 and 2. Pp.2-91.

Peters, "A Maidu Creation Story", pp. 294-297

1.3 - Anner, "To the US Census Bureau,..." & "Native American Statistics - United States", pp. 48-55 Nichols, articles:

1- Hagan, "Problem of Indian identity" 19-5hoemaker, "Urban Indians" 25-McCulloch, "Gaming"

3-4-5 IQP.i£: The Inuit (Eskinto) and Sub-arctic

Garbarino: introduction to section II and chapter 3. Pp. 94-138.:

V. "All My Relations", pp. 228-230

5.1-Mankiller, Asgaya-Dihi", pp. 234-241

5.2-Kingston, "TravelingTraditions", p. 242-248

7.4 - NARF,"All we ever wanted was to catch fish" Nichols, articles:

2 -Fausz, "Opechancanough"

3 -Anderson, "Livestock in New England"

5 -Braund, "Women in Creek Economic Life"

[1-5] Garbarino, section III (chapters 9 and 10 and their introduction), pp. 342-417. Be responsible for explanatory materials: definitions of terms, concepts, methodologies, etc., but not for specific details/examples used to illustrate these general points.

6.5 - Rose, "The great pretenders...", pp. 330-341

FIRST EXAMINATION

6-7 The Plateau and NW Coast

Garbarino: chapter 4. Pp. 140-180.

6.3 - Thornton, "Who Owns Our Past", pp. 303-317 & "Indians Are Not Specimens", p. 318

8.4 - Smith, "Young once, Indian forever", pp. 447-453 Nichols, articles:

11- White, "Indian Land Use"

16-James, "Nez Perce Allotment"

20-Pannan, "Indian Fishing Rights"

8 California.

Garbarino: chapter 5. Pp. 182-214.

3.3 - Costo, "The sword and the cross", pp. 152-162 2.1 - Wilson, "Mis Misa", pp. 75-82 Nichols, articles:

12-Phillips, "Indians in Los Angeles"

14-Benson, "Round Valley Reservation"

9-10 : The SW and the Great Basin

Garbarino: chapter 6. Pp.216-258.

2.3 - Sekaquaptewa, "One more smile for a Hopi clown", pp. 96-99

8.1 - Baylor, "Yes is better than no", pp. 420-428 8.2 - Nabhan, "Gathering", pp. 428-433

Shipek, "Delfina Cuero: her autobiography", pp. 434-435 "Creation Story", p. 83 Nichols, articles:

13-0sbum, "Navajo at Bosque Redondo"

SECOND EXAMINATION

11-1211/5-11/14 ~: The Plains

Garbarino: chapter 7. Pp. 260-296.

3.1 - Gonzalez, "The Black Hills", pp. 132-140

6.1 - Lame Deer & Erdoes, "Alone on the hilltop", pp.291-294

Nichols, articles:

8- Nichols, "Arikara War of 1823"

15-DeMallie, "Lakota Ghost Dance"

13-14 The East.

Garbarino: chapter 8. Pp.298-340. I

: 2.2-Grinde & Johansen, "Perceptions of America's Native Democracies", pp. 84-94 &

Mohawk, "Origins of Iroquois Political Thought", p. 95 4.2 - Green, "The Pocahontas Perplex", p. 203-211

Giago, "Indian-named mascots: an assault on self-esteem", pp.217-218

Nichols, articles:

6- Merrell, "The Catawba Experience" 9- Perdue, "Cherokee Trail of Tears"

15 : Native Am./White relations; the contemporary scene. Garbarino: section IV (introduction and chapers 11 and 12). Pp.420-496.

9.3 - Boyer, "Reflections of Alcatraz", pp. 507-517 7.3 - Johnson, "The Dealer's edge", pp. 377.387 Nichols, articles:

23-Finger, "Termination & the Eastern Band of Cherokees"

THIRD EXAMINATION & MUSEUM TEST

****(Please note that all extra credit is due at the time of the third examination)****