Mixed Blood:

Looking at the Relationship Between

 Africans and Native Americans

NAS 493

Course Description:

In this course the relationship between Africans and Native Americans will be explored.  “Africans and Native Americans worked as slaves and as free men together.  Both groups played important role in the shaping of the history of this country and the relationships that had are often overlooked and unknown.

Learning Objectives:

1)  Learn and understand the complex relationships between Africans and Native Americans. 

2)  Examine pre and post-Civil War African and Native relationship.

3)  See how

Texts:

Katz, William Loren. Black Indians A Hidden Heritage. New York: Anthneum Books for young Readers, 1986. 

Minges, Patrick. Black Indian Slave Narratives. John F. Blair Publisher, 2004. 

Porter, Kenneth W. The Black Indians. Gainesville: The UP of Florida, 1996. 

Accountability:

 I will meet with Fr. Bucko weekly to discuss my progress in the course, either in person, by phone or e-mail and submitting the reading notes that I have completed. I understand that I am responsible for the outcome of this course, as far as my grade and what I learn.

Academic Honesty:

Academic honesty includes adherence to guidelines established by the instructor in a given course and by the University and prohibits, among other things, representing the work of others to be one's own, tampering with the experiments of others, defacing or tampering with library or student materials, or facilitating dishonesty by others.

Penalties may be imposed by the instructor or by the Dean. Instructors may impose the grade of "F" on the work in question or for the course. The Dean may impose suspension or expulsion from the University. The imposition of penalties for academic dishonesty will be reported by the instructor to his/her department chairperson and the Dean of the college and will be recorded by memorandum in the student's file.

Assessment:

a) fidelity to weekly meetings,15%

b) complete set of reading notes for each book, 30%

c) final paper of 4-10 pages,40%

d) written evaluation of the success of the learning process in this course, 15%