History of Native Americans in the United States
Ethnic Studies 112
Fall 2000
Peterson 104: MWF 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Ross Frank, Department of Ethnic Studies
Office: SSB 227
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00 PM, Wednesday 4:00-6:00 PM
Phone: (858) 534-6646
E-mail: RFRANK@Weber.ucsd.edu
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COURSE ORGANIZATION
Course evaluation will be based on a midterm, one written essay,
and a final exam. A portion of your grade will depend on your
attendance and participation. Assignment grades will be distributed:
midterm 25%; written essay 35%; final 35%; and in-class participation
5%.
COURSE OBLIGATIONS
All students must attend lectures, read the assigned materials,
and finish all assignments in order to complete this course. There
will be general discussion in class and a voluntary discussion
section throughout the quarter. The class will attend one movie
screening outside of class (due to length). This viewing has been
tentatively scheduled below.
ASSIGNED READING
Note: Do not purchase any books before reading this section
very carefully!
The ES112 Reader is required and available
in class during Week 1 and from Postal Plus, 4130 La Jolla Village
Drive, La Jolla, (858) 452-9933.
The following required books have been ordered for this course
by Groundwork bookstore:
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- Hurtado, Albert L. & P. Iverson. Major Problems in
American Indian History.
- Iverson, Peter, "We Are Still Here" American
Indians in the Twentieth Century.
- John Joseph Matthews, Wah' Kon Tah (Due to high cost,
Groundwork ordered only a small number copies. The Library has
many copies on reserve. The entire book is assigned.)
- Utley, Robert M. The Indian Frontier of the American West,
1846-1890.
In addition, you will choose one of the following for
your written assignment. I will discuss the books in class to
aid you in your choice:
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- Ella Cara Deloria, Waterlily.
- Louise Erdrich, Love
Medicine.
- Linda Hogan, Mean
Spirit
- Louis Owens, Bone
Game.
- Waters, Frank. The
Man Who Killed the Deer.
The reader and books above have been
placed on 2 hour library reserve.
SYLLABUS
The reading(s) that follow each week heading are to be read
before that class meeting. Longer reading assignments have
been repeated over the period given to complete them. This symbol
* appears were the reading is first assigned. Be prepared to discuss
the reading material in class.
Week: [1]
[2] [3] [4]
[5] [6] [7]
[8]
[9] [10]
WEEK 1
SEPTEMBER 22 - Introduction
to History of Native Americans
SEPTEMBER 25 - Myth
as History and History as Myth
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems in American Indian
History, 14-22, 46, 83-85.
SEPTEMBER 27 - The
Pre-contact World in the Southwest
- Brown, James A. "America Before Columbus." ES
112 Reader.
- Edgar, Blake. "Dead Men Do Tell Tales." ES 112
Reader.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 1-3, 8 (look through all
the maps at this point).
SEPTEMBER 9 - Contact
and Colonization in the Southwest I
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 85-89, 96-103.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, 336-337.
WEEK 2
OCTOBER 2 - Contact
and Colonization in the Southwest II
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 47-48, 89-91,
104-117
OCTOBER 4 - Contact
and Colonization in the Great Lakes I
- Lurie, Nancy 0. "Indian Cultural Adjustment to European
Civilization."
ES 112 Reader.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 48-50, 92-93.
OCTOBER 6 - Contact
and Colonization in the Great Lakes II /
Contact and Colonization in the Eastern Woodlands
- Kupperman, K. O. "Presentment of civility: English reading
of American self-presentation in the early years of colonization."
ES 112 Reader.
WEEK 3
OCTOBER 9 - Contact
and Colonization in the Eastern Woodlands II
- Johnson, Richard R. "The Search for a Usable Indian:
An Aspect of the Defense of Colonial New England." ES
112 Reader.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 139-145.
OCTOBER 11 - Dynamics of Eighteenth Century Culture Change
- Dowd, Gregory Evans. "Thinking and Believing: Nativism
and Unity in the Ages of Pontiac and Tecumsah." ES 112
Reader.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 1-3.
OCTOBER 13 - NO CLASS - class assignment TBA
- Cave, Alfred "The Failure of the Shawnee Prophet's Witch-Hunt"
ES112 Reader.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 165-170.
- Prucha, Francis Paul. Documents of United States Indian
Policy,
ES 112 Reader, documents 1-4.
WEEK 4
OCTOBER 16 - United
States, Exploration, and the "Release of Energy"
- Daniel, Michelle. "From Blood Feud to Jury System; the
Metamorphosis of Cherokee Law from 1750-1840." ES 112
Reader.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 18, 20, 24, 43, 46.
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OCTOBER 18 - "Civilization"
and Removal: Horns of a Dilemma
- Boudinot, Elias. "Selection of Writings." ES
112 Reader.
- Davis, Kenneth Penn. "Chaos in Indian Country: The Cherokee
Nation, 1828-1835." ES 112 Reader.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 207-210, 279.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 44-49.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 18, 20, 22-23.
OCTOBER 20 - Dynamics of Early Nineteenth Century Culture
Change I
- Finger, John R. "The Impact of Removal on the North
Carolina Cherokees." ES 112 Reader.
- Reid, John Phillip. "Principles of Vengeance: Fur Trappers,
Indians, and Retaliation for Homicide in the Transboundary North
American West." ES 112 Reader.
WEEK 5
OCTOBER 23 - MIDTERM EXAMINATION
OCTOBER 25 - Dynamics
of Early Nineteenth Century Culture Change II
- Utley, Robert. The Indian Frontier of the American West,
1846-1890. 1-30. *
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 237-242.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 8-10, 46.
OCTOBER 27 - The
First Wave: Going West Before the Civil War
- Utley, Robert. The Indian Frontier of the American West,
1846-1890. 31-64.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 286-292.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 26, Battles Between Indian
Forces and US Army, 38, 43, Railroads I - Union Pacific, 24,
32, 54.
WEEK 6
OCTOBER 30 - Fragments
of a National Indian Policy
- Utley, Robert. The Indian Frontier of the American West,
1846-1890. 65-98.
NOVEMBER 1 - The
Second Wave: Taking Possession of the Indian West
- Utley. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890.
99-155.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 328-337.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 79-94.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 82, 102, 108, 26, 33 , 38,
43, 48, 57, Navajo Reservation.
NOVEMBER 3 - The
Plains in 1860-1890s in History and Art
- Utley. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890.
157-201.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 33, 8.
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- Begin reading your choice from the books listed for
your written assignment. *
- Matthews, John Joseph. Wah' Kon-Tah: the Osage and the
White Man's Road. *
WEEK 7
NOVEMBER 6 - Education and Allottment: The Push for Assimilation
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- Utley. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890.
202-226.
- Ruckman, Jo Ann. "Indian Schooling in New Mexico in
the 1890s: Letters of a Teacher in the Indian Service,"
ES 112 Reader.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 370-379.
- Matthews. Wah' Kon-Tah.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 33-34, 50, 54.
NOVEMBER 8 - Education
and Allottment: The Push for Assimilation II
- Utley. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890.
227-272.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 95- 99.
- Matthews. Wah' Kon-Tah.
NOVEMBER 10 - NO CLASS - Veteran's Day
- Matthews. Wah' Kon-Tah
- Read book for written assignment.
WEEK 8
NOVEMBER 13 - The
Ghost Dance: Revival, Adaptation, and Symbol
- Read over Week 8 Iverson, Peter, "We Are Still Here"
chapters 1-2.
- Mooney, James. Excerpt from: The Ghost Dance Religion
and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890. ES 112 Reader.
- Rice, Julian. "'It Was Their Own Fault for Being Intractable':
Internalized Racism and Wounded Knee". ES 112
Reader.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 108, Ghost Dance Religion.
- Matthews. Wah' Kon-Tah.
NOVEMBER 15 - Surviving
the Nineteenth Century
- Strickland, Rennard, and William M. Strickland. "Beyond
the Trail of Tears: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Cherokee Survival."
ES 112 Reader.
- Matthews. Wah' Kon-Tah. Finish by today.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 4-6, 8, 10-11, 13, 26, 33,
48.
NOVEMBER 17 - Assimilation
in the Context of Imperialism & Racism
- Read book for written assignment.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 379-380, 410-413,
443-451.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 132-135.
WEEK 9
NOVEMBER 20 - Reversing
Directions in the New Deal
- Read book for written assignment.
- Read over Week 9: Iverson, Peter, "We Are Still Here"
chapters 3-4.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 451-454.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 138-140.
Tuesday, November 21 - EVENING SCREENING: Map of the
Human Heart, 7:00-10:00 PM (tentative)
NOVEMBER 22 - Native
Americans & the Post WWII Government Revolution
- Read book for written assignment.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 489-492.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 143-147.
NOVEMBER 24 - NO CLASS - Thanksgiving
- Bodine, John. "Taos Blue Lake Controversy." ES
112 Reader.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 159-160.
WEEK 10
NOVEMBER 27 - World
War II and Urbanizing the American Indian
Native American Politics and the Civil Rights Movement
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT DUE (beginning of class)
- Read over Week 10: Iverson, Peter, "We Are Still
Here" chapters 5-6.
- Knox, Margaret L. "The New Indian Wars," ES
112 Reader.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 520-535.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 155-158.
NOVEMBER 29 - Reconfiguring
the Nations Within the Nation, Native American Politics and the
Civil Rights Movement
- Farr, William E., "Troubled Bundles, Troubled Blackfeet,"
ES 112 Reader.
- Miller, Bruce G. "Culture as Cultural Defense: An American
Indian Sacred Site in Court," ES 112 Reader.
- Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 535-544.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 178-195.
- Maps, ES 112 Reader, map 35.
DECEMBER 1 - Bearing
the Past for the Native American Future
- Vizenor, Gerald. "Socioacupuncture: Mythic Reversals
and the Striptease in Four Scenes." ES 112 Reader.
- Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, 196-197.
Friday DECEMBER 1 Review
Session (4:30-6:00, Peterson 104)
Monday DECEMBER 4 FINAL
EXAM 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
(Please confirm place & time in Final Exam Schedule)
Study guide available.
© 2000, Ross Frank, updated: 10/1/00.