Course Schedule SOC 1353 Introduction to Native American Studies

SOC 1353 -- Spring 2007 Introduction to Native American Studies
CLASS #	DAY	DATE	READINGS	TASKS
Tasks and readings are to be completed before the beginning of class on the day they are assigned
WEEK 1 -- Course Overview -- Native Images
Class # 1	Tuesday	January 16, 2007	Course Overview - Texts, Voices, Ethical Issues	--
Class # 2	Thursday	January 18, 2007	In-Class Film: Nanook of the North	News Issues 1 - 2
WEEK 2 -- More Native Images
Class # 3	Tuesday	January 23, 2007	Hobbes - Leviathan (13, 17-20) Rousseau - Second Discourse Part 1 Library Reserve	Nanook Paper 1 Due
Class # 4	Thursday	January 25, 2007	In-Class Film: Nanook Revisited	News Issues 3 - 4
WEEK 3 -- Voices Native and Other
Class # 5	Tuesday	January 30, 2007	Vine Deloria Jr. Preface, Chapter 1 Buckley - Introduction and Chapter 1	Nanook Paper 2 Due
Class # 6	Thursday	February 1, 2007	Culture Areas (Reading Bb)	News Issues 5 - 6
WEEK 4 -- Ethnographic Novel
Class # 7	Tuesday	February 6, 2007	Waterlily - Part 1 (3 - 113)	----
Class # 8	Thursday	February 8, 2007	Waterlily - Part 2 (113 - 244)	----
WEEK 5 - Images and Issues
Class # 9	Tuesday	February 13, 2007	Buckley Chapters 2, 3	---
Class # 10	Thursday	February 15, 2007	Deloria Chapters 2, 3	News Issues 7 - 8
WEEK 6 - Ethics and Identity
Class # 11	Tuesday	February 20, 2007	Native Americans and the Practice of Archaeology Beyond the Margin NAGPRA Readings Bb	-----
Class # 12	Thursday	February 22, 2007	Handbook of North American Indians Volume 17 Library Reserve pp 290-324 Tribe Called Wannabe - Green	News Issues 9 - 10
WEEK 7 - Population Considerations
Class # 13	Tuesday	February 27, 2007	Review Class	Paper 3 Due
Class # 14	Thursday	March 1, 2007	Midterm Exam	Midterm Course Evaluation Midterm Self-Evaluation
WEEK 8-- Spring Break
WEEK 9
Class # 15	Tuesday	March 13, 2007	Buckley Chapters 4, 5	-----
Class # 16	Thursday	March 15, 2007	Deloria Chapters 4, 5 US Census 2000 Form (Reading Bb) American Indian Ethnic Renewal - Nagel Thornton - Population Decline Jacobs - Tip of the Iceberg US Census Bureau: 2000 Native Population	News Issues 11 - 12
WEEK 10 - Images and Issues
Class # 17	Tuesday	March 20, 2007	Buckley Chapters 6, 7	---
Class # 18	Thursday	March 22, 2007	Deloria Chapters 6 and 7	News Issues 13 - 14
WEEK 11 -- Autobiographical Novel
Class # 19	Tuesday	March 27, 2007	Love Medicine ( 1 - 142)	----
Class # 20	Thursday	March 29, 2007	Love Medicine (143 - 272)	News Issues 15 - 16
WEEK 12 - Being and Becoming
Class # 21	Tuesday	April 3, 2007	Buckley Chapters 8, 9 Deloria Chapter 8 - 9	---
Class # 22	Holy Thursday	April 5, 2007	Museum Day -- No Class Meeting	---
WEEK 13 - Identity and Transformation
Class # 23	Tuesday	April 10, 2007	Buckley Chapters 10, 11	Paper 4 Due
Class # 24	Thursday	April 12, 2007	Deloria Chapter 10, 11	News Issues 17 - 18
WEEK 14 - Culture Area Presentations
Class # 25	Tuesday	April 17, 2007	Culture Area Presenations	----
Class # 26	Thursday	April 19, 2007	Culture Area Presentations	----
WEEK 15 - Culture Area Presentations
Class # 27	Tuesday	April 24, 2007	Culture Area Presentations Post-presentation Survey	-----
Class # 28	Thursday	April 26, 2007	Culture Area Presentations	Final Course Evaluation Final Self-Evaluation
FINAL PROJECT
Final Project	Monday	April 30, 2007 Before High Noon!	E-Mail paper to bucko@creighton.edu or use the digital drop box (or both if you are concerned!) Be sure to put your post-school postal mail address at the end of your paper!	---

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at Creighton University.
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Page Last Updated: April 28, 2007

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