ANT/NAS 331
Indians of the Great Plains

Fall Semester 2004
Course Schedule

CLASS #


DAY


DATE


READINGS


TASKS


Tasks and readings are to be completed before the beginning of class
on the day they are assigned

NOTE: This course schedule will not be finialized until the first day of class Fall 2004


Access To C U Mail

Instructions for Obtaining Reserved Readings

WEEK 1 - Course Orientation and Computer Competences
Class # 1
Thursday
August 26, 2004
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Fill Out Student Survey

Research Group Proposal
WEEK 2 -- Research
Class # 2
Tuesday
August 31 , 2004
Handbook: History of Research (23-44)
Fowler (211-263)
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Class # 3
Thursday
September 2, 2004
Anthropology on the Plains: (16-23)
Fowler (3-16)
Index of BAE Reports
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha
Report 1: Initial Bibliography
Due 8:00 AM Monday, September 8
WEEK 3 -- Ecology and Culture Areas
Class # 4
Tuesday
September 7, 2004
Mason: Influence of Environment
Holmes: Classification and Arrangment
Anthropology on the Plains: (8-15)
Handbook (44-60)
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Class # 5
Thursday
September 9, 2004
Lowie (1-12)
Anthropology on the Plains: (23 - 35)
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha
Report 2: Map Collection
Due 8:00 AM Monday, September 15
WEEK 4 -- Archaeology
Class # 6
Tuesday
September 14, 2004
Handbook (14-23)
Anthropology on the Plains: (35-51)
Strong: Archeology and Culture Area
Joslyn Museum Visit
Class # 7
Thursday
September 16, 2004
McGuire: Archaeology and the First Americans
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha

Report 3: Resources at the Joslyn
Due 8:00 AM Monday, September 22

WEEK 5 - Language
Class # 8
Tuesday
September 21, 2004
Handbook Volume 17 (290-323)
Musuem Paper 1 Due
Class # 9
Thursday
September 23, 2004
Anthropology on the Plains: (68-97)
Handbook: (61-71)
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha

Report 4: Languages
Due 8:00 AM Monday, September 29

WEEK 6 - Subsistence
Class # 10
Tuesday
September 28, 2004
Anthropology on the Plains: (98-110)
Wissler: Horse in Plains Culture
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Class # 11
Thursday
September 30, 2004
Lowie: (13-77)
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha

Report 5: Subsistence
Due 8:00 AM Monday, October 6

WEEK 7 - Kinship
Class # 12
Tuesday
October 5, 2004

Lowie: (78-115), Handbook: (974-983)

Kinship Resources

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Class # 13
Thursday
October 7, 2004
Anthropology on the Plains: (141-153)
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha

Report 6: Kinship
Due 8:00 AM Monday, October 13

WEEK 8 - Religion
Class # 14
Tuesday
October 12, 2004
Lowie: (154-183)
Handbook (983-996)
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Class # 15
Thursday
October 14, 2004
Benedick: The Vision in Plains Culture
Handbook: (996-1011)
Anthropology on the Plains: (164-179, 188-196)

Complete Self Evaluation Form

Complete Course Evaluation Form

Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha


Report 7: Religion
Due 8:00 AM Monday, October 27


WEEK 9: FALL BREAK - NO CLASSES

WEEK 10 - Art
Class # 16
Tuesday
October 26, 2004
Handbook: (1039-1062)
Lowie: (130-153)-
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Class # 17
Thursday
October 28, 2004

Guest Lecture:
Fr. Ted Bohr, S.J.

Mullin: The Patronage of Difference
Hight: Doomed to Perish

Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha

Report 8: Art
Due 8:00 AM Monday, November 3

WEEK 11 - History 1
Class # 18
Tuesday
November 2, 2004
Flowler: (17-43)
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Class # 19
Thursday
November 4, 2004
Research Day
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WEEK 12 - History 2
Class # 20
Tuesday
November 9, 2004
Fowler: (44-84)
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Class # 21
Thursday
November 11, 2004
Fowler: (85-114)
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha

 

WEEK 13 - Contemporary Culture
Class # 22
Tuesday
November 16, 2004
Fowler: (115-137)
Report 9: History
Due 8:00 AM Monday, November 17
Class # 23
Thursday
November 18, 2004
Handbook Volume 11: 1011 - 1025
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WEEK 14 - Thanksgiving
Class # 24
Tuesday
November 23, 2004

Burke: Winter Counts

Sundstrom: Smallpox Used Them Up

Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha

Report 10: Contemporary Culture
Due 8:00 AM Monday, December 2

No Class
Thursday
November 25, 2004
Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break
WEEK 15 - Native Plains Histories
Class # 25
Tuesday
November 30, 2004

Final Seminar Presentation

Guide for Final Presentation

Arapaho

Arikara

Class # 26
Thursday
December 2, 2004
Final Seminar Presentation

Guide for Final Presentation

Blackfeet

Cheyenne

WEEK 16 Student Presentations 2
Class # 27
Tuesday
December 7, 2004
Final Seminar Presentation

Guide for Final Presentation

Crow

Complete Self Evaluation Form

Class # 28
Thursday
December 9, 2004
Final Seminar Presentation

Guide for Final Presentation
Omaha
WEEK 17 - Exam Week
Final Edited and Enhanced Portfolio Due
Class # 29
Thursday December 16th
10:00 AM
Arapaho -----
Blackfeet Crow
Arikara Lakota
Cheyenne Omaha




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