Ethnic Studies 110
Spring 2008
SOLIS 110: Tu-Th 11 - 12:20 PM
Ross Frank, Department of Ethnic Studies
Office: SSB 227
Office Hours:
Tuesday 1:00-2:30 PM,
Wednesday 1:00-3:00 PM (or by appointment)
Phone: (858) 534-6646
e-mail: RFRANK@Weber.ucsd.edu
Class links:
COURSE ORGANIZATION
Course evaluation will be based on a midterm, one written essay, a final exam, and in-class discussions throughout the quarter. Assignment grades will be distributed: attendance and participation in discussion and during in-class activities 15%; first essay 10%; midterm 15%; second essay 30%; and final 30%.
COURSE OBLIGATIONS
REQUIRED ESSAYS
A short essay will be
due on Thursday, April 10. Details
will be provided in class.
For the second essay, you will have a choice of reading The Death of Bernadette Left Hand by Ron Querry, Power by Linda Hogan, Watermelon Nights, by Greg Sarris, or Garden in the Dunes, by Leslie Marmon Silko. A description of the books will be given in class to help you decide, and you should also review the following essay deadlines:
Start |
Finish |
Due |
|
The Death of Bernadette Left Hand | 4/15/08 |
5/15/08 |
5/22/08 |
Power | 4/15/08 |
5/22/08 |
5/29/08 |
Garden in the Dunes | 4/15/08 |
5/29/08 |
6/6/08 |
Watermelon Nights | 4/15/08 |
5/29/08 |
6/6/08 |
Those who choose Bernadette Left Hand or Power may be able to arrange hand in their essay on a different date. Please consult with me when you make your book choice.
The following required materials have been ordered for the course and are available at Groundwork. They have also been placed on reserve in the Geisel Library:
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep : A History of Native America. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
Delfina Cuero, and Florence Connolly Shipek. Delfina Cuero : Her Autobiography, an Account of Her Last Years, and Her Ethnobotanic Contributions. CA: Ballena Press, 1991.
Gilbert L. Wilson. Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society; 1987.
Wait for instructions in class before purchasing the items marked with •
Ethnic Studies (ES) 110 Reader, available BELOW.• Ron Querry. The Death of Bernadette Left Hand. New York: Bantam; 1995.
• Leslie Marmon Silko. Garden in the Dunes. New York: Scribner; 1999.
• Linda Hogan. Power. New York: Norton; 1998.
• Greg Sarris. Watermelon Nights. New York: Penguin; 1998.
The reading(s) that follow each date should be completed before that class meeting. Please come to class prepared to discuss the reading material.
Please Note: Materials in the Ethnic Studies 110 Reader are all linked to their entries BELOW. All other readings refer to required texts listed above.
Week: _1_ | _2_ | _3_ | _4_ | _5_ | _6_ | _7_ | _8_ | _9_ | _10_
WEEK 1 APRIL 1 Introduction to Cultural World Views of Native Americans
PART I SOUTHWEST: Río Grande Valley Pueblos, Hopi and Navajo
APRIL 3 Spanish-Pueblo Contact and Cultural Change
Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth. “Why I Can’t Read Wallace Stegner.” ES 110 Reader
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep. xv-xxix, 3-40.
WEEK 2 APRIL 8 The Mythic Pueblo Center
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep. 171-213.
Stirling, Matthew W. Excerpt from Origin Myth of Acoma and Other Records. ES 110 Reader
Spicer, Edward H. “Spanish-Indian Acculturation in the Southwest.” ES 110 Reader
APRIL 10 Myth and Literature in the Pueblos
Cushing, Frank Hamilton. Selections: Zuñi Folk Tales. ES 110 Reader
Tedlock, Dennis. Except from Finding the Center: Narrative Poetry of the Zuni Indians. ES 110 Reader
SHORT ESSAY DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS
WEEK 3 APRIL 15 Navajo Creation and World View
BEGIN READING YOUR BOOK CHOICE FOR SECOND ESSAY
Zolbrod, Paul G. Excerpt from Diné bahanè: The Navajo Creation Story. ES 110 Reader
APRIL 17 Indigenous Cultural Survival
FILM: Itam Hakim Hopiit, by Victor Masayesva (Hopi)
Ortiz, Alfonso, “Dynamics of Pueblo Cultural Survival”, in DeMallie, Raymond J., and Alfonso Ortiz. North American Indian anthropology: essays on society and culture. ES 110 Reader
WEEK 4 APRIL 22 Class Discussion: Viewing the Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo Worlds
Bodine, John. “The Taos Blue Lake Ceremony.” ES 110 Reader
Ferguson, T. J., Roger Anyon, and Edmund J. Ladd. “Repatriation at the Pueblo of Zuni: Diverse Solutions to Complex Problems” in Mihesuah, Devon A. Repatriation reader: who owns American Indian remains. ES 110 Reader
APRIL 24 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
PART II GREAT LAKES: Algonkian Peoples and Neighbors
WEEK 5 APRIL 29 French-Algonkian Contact, Algonkian Cultural Change and World View
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep. 43-71.
Wallace, Anthony F. C. “New Religions Among the Delaware Indians, 1600-1900.” ES 110 Reader
Hickerson, Harold. “The Feast of the Dead Among the Seventeenth Century Algonkians of the Upper Great Lakes.” ES 110 Reader
MAY 1 The Midéwiwin of the Ojibwa as an Adaptive System
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep. 72-131.
Hoffman, W. J. The Mide’wiwin or “Grand Medicine Society” of the Ojibway. ES 110 Reader
Michael Angel. Chapter 3, Preserving the Sacred: Historical Perspectives on the Ojibwa Midewiwin. ES 110 Reader
WEEK 6 MAY 6 Class Discussion: Explaining White Influence and Culture Change
Martin, Calvin. Part 2 (Chapters 3 and 4), Keepers of the Game: Indian-Animal Relationships and the Fur Trade. ES 110 Reader
Krech, Shepard. Chapter 7 “Beaver”, in The ecological Indian: myth and history. ES 110 Reader
PART III GREAT PLAINS: Plains Indian Cultures
MAY 8 Forming a New Cultural Configuration
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep. 247-285.
Walker, James R. Lakota Myth. ES 110 Reader
WEEK
7 MAY 13 Lakota Myth and Meaning:
Looking for the Lakota World View
DeMallie, Raymond J. “‘These Have No Ears:’ Narrative and the Ethnohistorical Method.” ES 110 Reader
Nagy, Imre, “Cheyenne Shields and Their Cosmological Background”. ES 110 Reader
MAY 15 The Ghost Dance, Revivalism, and Cultural Change
Mooney, James. Excerpt from: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890. ES 110 Reader
Jahner, Elaine A., “Transitional Narratives and cultural continuity”. ES 110 Reader
Walker, James R. Lakota Belief and Ritual. ES 110 Reader
FINISH READING Bernadette Left Hand (2nd essay choice #1).
WEEK 8 MAY 20 Class Discussion: Plains Adaptation and Survival
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep. 289-329.
Peters, Virginia Bergman. Women of the earth lodges: tribal life on the plains. ES 110 Reader
Wilson, Gilbert L., ed. Buffalo Bird Women’s Garden.
Black, Elk, and Joseph Epes Brown. The sacred pipe; Black Elk's account of the seven rites of the Oglala Sioux. ES 110 Reader 3-9; 67-100
Peyer, Bernd C. The Singing Spirit: Early Short Stories by North American Indians. ES110 Reader
MAY 22 Religion in Native American California, the Mission Era, and Cultural Change
James Wilson. The Earth Shall Weep. 214-246.
Tac, Pablo. “Indian Life and Customs at Mission San Luis Rey.” ES 110 Reader
BERNADETTE ESSAY DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS
FINISH READING Power (2nd essay choice #2).
WEEK 9 MAY 27 Visitor: TBA
Heizer, Robert F. The Destruction of California Indians. ES110 Reader.
Delfina Cuero, and Florence Connolly Shipek. Delfina Cuero : Her Autobiography.
Hinton, Leanne. Flutes of fire : essays on California Indian languages. ES 110 Reader 20-69
Deborah Dozier. “Prologue” and “Bird Songs”, The Heart Is Fire. ES110 Reader.
MAY 29 Cultural Configuration of Native California
Bean, Lowell John. “Power and its Applications in Native California.” Reader.
Hinton, Leanne. Flutes of fire : essays on California Indian languages. ES 110 Reader 70-93
Kroeber, Theodora. The Inland Whale. ES110 Reader. Inland Whale, Loon Woman, Dance Mad
POWER ESSAY DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS
FINISH READING Watermelon Nights or Garden of the Dunes(2nd essay choices #3 & 4).PART V
REFLECTIONS
WEEK 10 JUNE 3 FILM: Harold of Orange by Gerald Vizenor (Anishinabeg [Ojibwa])
Vizenor, Gerald. “The Origins of American Indian Instant Coffee.” ES 110 Reader
Nabokov, Peter. “Discovery: The Beeah Tribe” ES 110 Reader
JUNE 5 Open Class Discussion
WATERMELON or GARDEN ESSAY DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASSGulliford, Andrew. Chapter 5 “Living Tribal Cultures”, in Sacred objects and sacred places : preserving tribal traditions. ES 110 Reader
Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth. “America’s Oldest Racism”, in Why I can't read Wallace Stegner and other essays : a tribal voice. ES 110 Reader
FINAL EXAM DUE Tuesday, June 10, 11:00AM — 2:00 PM (Solís 110 - or by e-mail)