week 1 - Introduction
week 1 -When Myth meets History: the Pre-Classic Societies of Meso-America
Thornton, Chapter 2: Perspectives on Native American Identity
week 2 -Aztecs - Maya - Incas and the Andean Societies
Ortiz, Chapter 1 All the Real Indians died off
week 3 -Cosmogony in Central and South America
Ortiz Chapter 2 Indians were the first Immigrants to the Western Hemisphere
week 4 -Shamanism in North America
week 4 -Clash of Empires: Parallels and Contradictions, Racism and Colonization.
Thornton, Chapter 3: The Trauma of History
week 5 -Two diverse impacts: Spanish Conquistadors and English settlers:
Ortiz, Chapter 8 The United States did not have a policy of Genocide
Ortiz, Chapter 11 The United States gave Indians their Reservations
week 5 -Indian Nations of the US North East
week 6 -Indian Nations of the US South East
week 6 -Indian Nations of the US Southwest
Ortiz, Chapter 12 Indians are wards of the state
week 7 -Indian Nations of the US Southern Plains
Matthiessen, Introduction and Chapter 1: Thieves Road, The Oglala Lakota, 1835-1965
week 8 -Indian Nations of the US Northern Plain
Ortiz, Chapter 15 Most Indians are on Government Welfare
week 8 -20th century: Allotment Act, Indian Reorganization Act and Termination Policy
Thornton, Chapter 9: Using the Past
week 9 - The American Indian Movement
Matthiesses, Chapter 2: The Upside-Down Flag, The American Indian Movement, 1968-73
week 10 -Civil Rights and Sovereignty: Pine Ridge Reservation, Wounded Knee, 1973
week 11 -Incident at Oglala: the story of Leonard Peltier
Matthiessen, Chapter 5: The New Indian Wars
week 12 -Economic Development of Native America
Alvarez, Chapter 6, Exiles in their own Land Chapter 7, Education for assimilation Chapter 8, What's in a name?
week 12 -The role of the Native American Church.
week 13 -Political Relationships between U.S.A. and Indian Reservations
Alvarez, Chapter 7, Education for assimilation
Alvarez, Chapter 8, What's in a name?
week 14 -The New Native American Literature: Voices, articles, oral history
FINAL exam