Introduction to American Indian Studies 203
Aesthetic and Philosophical Universes
Syllabus
Spring 2009
Sample Exam One from 2006
Sample Visual Exam Three 2006
Required Readings on PDF files (These do not require Adobe Acrobat Reader 9)
Gary Witherspoon
Emergence Narratives
Gary Witherspoon
Indigenous American Sports
Charles Mann
1491
Jack Weatherford Chapter 5
Indian Agriculture Technology
in
Indian Givers
Jack Weatherford Chapter 6
The Culinary Revolution
in
Indian Givers
Jack Weatherford Chapter 8
The Founding Fathers
in
Indian Givers
Jack Weatherford Chapter 1
2 Architecture and Urban Planning
in
Indian Givers
Jack Weatherford Chapter 14
When Will America Be Discovered
in
Indian Givers
Witherspoon
DynamicSymmetry . . .
Chapters 3&4
Witherspoon Introduction to Part 2 in
Dynamic Symmetry . . .
Indian Roots of American Democracy
W.E.B. Du Bois as Scholar and Philosopher of Diversity
Felix Cohen
Americanizing the Whiteman
in
The Legal Conscience
Scott Pratt
Native Pragmatism
Raymond DeMallie
Sioux Indian Religion
Vine DeLoria "Foreward" to Black Elk Speaks
Important!!!
Instuctions for Downloading PDF Lecture files
Introduction Lecture I (Diné) as a PDF file
Introduction Lecture II (Hopi&Zuni) as a PDF file
Lecture II movie: The Sun Dagger 640x480 Resolution
Lecture II movie: The Sun Dagger 720x480 Resolution
Lecture II movie: The Mystery of Chaco Canyon 275MB
720x480 resolution
Lecture II movie: The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
768x576 962 MB
Introduction Lecture III (Maya) as a PDF file
Lecture III movie: Teotihucan
Lecture III movie: Mystery of the Maya 240x360 resolution
Lecture III movie: Mystery of the Maya 768x576
Lecture III movie: Mayan World 320x240.mov
Lecture III movie:
Mayan World 768x576
Lecture III movie: Maya Legacy Today
Lecture III movie: Maya Legacy Conclusion
Lecture III movie: Popul Vuh
Introduction Lecture IV (The Aztec and the Invasion of Mexica) as PDF file
Lecture IV movie: Aztec History and Cortez's Invasion 768x576
Intro Lecture V (Taino and Columbus; Las Casas, DeSoto and US SE ) 244mb
Intro Lecture V (Taino and Columbus; Las Casas, DeSoto and US SE ) 1.2GB
Lecture V movie: Columbus and the Taino
Lecture V movie: Genocide and Las Casas
Lecture V movie: DeSoto's Rampage through the US Southeast
Extras: Modified or Added Slides since the class began
Conclusion: Cultural Enconter of the Third Kind
Exam One April 22
Iroquois I Social and Political Organization as PDF file
Iroquois II Ritual, Agricultural and Recreational Culture as PDF file
Iroquois from 1970 to 2009
Videos for the Iroquois Section
PM-Nature and the Garden
Gonondagan
Gannagaro
Great Wampum Law
Iroquois Artist
Onondaga
Iroquois in 1970
Iroquois Confederacy and the Revolutionary War
First Nations Impact on Second American and Global Culture
Impact I: Sports as a PDF file
Impact II: Agriculture & Cuisine as a PDF file
Impact III: Political Philosophy as a PDF file
Impact IV: Philosophy of Pragmatism as a PDF file
Impact V: Paradigm Reversal as a PDF file
Impact VI: Intellectual Mining
Videos for First Nations Impact Section
Jim Thorpe
PM-Iroquois Woman
Indian Removal
Powatan & Pochohantus
Plymouth Thanksgiving
Phillip's War
All Former Endras
More than Bows and Arrows
Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo
As Long as the Grass Shall Grow
by Johnny Cash
:
Kinsua Dam and the Broken Treaty of 1794 signed by George Washington
Feature Length Films Relevant to Iroquois and Impact Section
Broken Chain
The Education of Little Tree
Exam Two May 13
Lakota
Lakota I in General as a PDF file
Movie:
Eyanopapi
Lakota II Vision Quest as a PDF file
Lakota III Sundance as a PDF file
Lakota IV History in 19th Century
Movie:
Crazy Horse and Custer (This has a long title)
Movie:
The Death of Crazy Horse (This has a long title)
Lakota V History in 20th Century
Movie:
Spirit of Crazy Horse
Lakota History as of 5/27
Native Pragmatism 2009 in Lakota Section as of 5/27
Black Elk One as a PDF file
New version as of 5/29
Black Elk Two as a PDF file
Movie: Dust Bowl 20 minute version (required)
Movie: Dust Bowl 30 minute version
Movie:
Wiping Away the Tears from Seven Generations
Relevant Films to Lakota Section that are in the QT movie files above
Buffalo Dance
Black Elk
The Hero's Journey
Wounded Knee
Conquest of the Columbia (this is a longer version than shown in class)
Feature Length Film Relevant to the Lakota Section
but not required
Thunderheart
Exam Three June 5