Ethnic Studies 112
Winter 2000
Peterson 103: 11:15AM- 12:05 PM
Ross Frank , Department of Ethnic Studies
Office: SSB 227
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30 - 4:30, Thursday 2:00 - 4:00
Phone: (858) 534-6646
E-mail: RFRANK@Weber.ucsd.edu
Optional discussion sections:
Mondays, 2:30-3:30, SSB 103
Mondays, 3:30-4:30, SSB 103
Thursdays, 3:00-4:00, SSB 103
Lecture outlines and terms
Link to the image from Mark Twain's Roughing It (Lecture 6.3)Written assignment reading list
Midterm Exam Study QuestionsWritten assignment options
Written assignment instructions
Checklist for Better Writing
Final Exam Study Questions
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 10%.
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.
The following required books have been ordered for this course
by Groundwork bookstore:
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:
The reader and books above have been placed on 2 hour library reserve.
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.
JANUARY 10 - Introduction to History of Native Americans
JANUARY 12 - Myth as History and History as Myth
Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems in American Indian History, 14-22, 46, 83-85.
JANUARY 14 - Contact and Colonization in the Southwest I
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).
JANUARY 17 - NO CLASS - Martin Luther King Day
Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 85-89, 96-103.
Maps, ES 112 Reader, 336-337.
JANUARY 19 - Contact and Colonization in the Southwest II
Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 47-48, 89-93, 104-117
JANUARY 21 - 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.
JANUARY 24 - Contact and Colonization in the Great Lakes II / Contact and Colonization in the Eastern Woodlands I
Kupperman, K. O. "Presentment of civility: English reading of American self-presentation in the early years of colonization." ES 112 Reader.
JANUARY 26 - 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.
JANUARY 28 - 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.
Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 165-170.
Prucha, Francis Paul. Documents of United States Indian Policy,
ES 112 Reader, documents 1-4.Maps, ES 112 Reader, maps 1-3.
JANUARY 31 - United States, Exploration, and the "Release of Energy"
Cave, Alfred A. "The Failure of the Shawnee Prophet's Witch-Hunt." ES 112 Reader.
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.
FEBRUARY 2 - "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.
FEBRUARY 4 - 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.
FEBRUARY 7 - MIDTERM EXAMINATION
FEBRUARY 9 - 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.
FEBRUARY 11 - 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.
FEBRUARY 14 - Fragments of a National Indian Policy
Utley, Robert. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890. 65-98.
FEBRUARY 16 - 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.
FEBRUARY 18 - 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.
FEBRUARY 21 - NO CLASS - President's Day
Begin reading your choice from the 4 books listed for your written assignment. *
Matthews, John Joseph. Wah' Kon-Tah: the Osage and the White Man's Road. *
FEBRUARY 23 - Education and Allottment: The Push for Assimilation I
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.
FEBRUARY 25 - Education and Allottment: The Push for Assimilation II
Video in class - In the White Man's Image, The American Experience (PBS)
Utley. The Indian Frontier of the American West, 1846-1890. 227-272.
Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 95- 99.
Matthews. Wah' Kon-Tah.
FEBRUARY 28 - 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.
MARCH 1 - 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.
MARCH 3 - Assimilation in the Context of Imperialism & Racism
Read book for written assignment.
Mooney, James. "Indian Schooling in New Mexico in the 1890s: Letters of a Teacher in the Indian Service." ES 112 Reader.
Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 379-380, 410-413, 443-451.
Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 132-135.
MARCH 6 - 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.
MARCH 8 - GUEST LECTURE - L. FRANK, artist/activist (Tonva/Ajechmem)
Read book for written assignment.
Hurtado & Iverson. Major Problems, 489-492.
Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 143-147.
MARCH 10 - Native Americans & the New Deal
Bodine, John. "Taos Blue Lake Controversy." ES 112 Reader.
Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, numbers 159-160.
MARCH 13 - WWII, and Urbanizing the American Indian
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.
MARCH 15 - 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.
MARCH 17 - Bearing the Past for the Native American Future
Vizenor, Gerald. "Socioaccupuncture: Mythic Reversals and the Striptease in Four Scenes." ES 112 Reader.
Prucha. Documents, ES 112 Reader, 196-197.
WEEK OF MARCH 20? Review Session (time & place to be announced)
Saturday MARCH 25 FINAL EXAM
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
© 2000, Ross Frank