General Information | The Program | Requirements | Courses | PDF File Courses in Native American Studies (NAS) Lower Division Courses1. Introduction to Native American Studies (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to Native American Studies with emphasis upon basic concepts relating to Native American historical and political development. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Crum, Coates, Montejo, Valandra 5. Introduction to Native American Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement. Study of selected Native American texts. Intensive focus on analysis of these texts, with frequent writing assignments to develop critical thinking and composition skills. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt (cannot be used to satisfy a college or university composition requirement and GE writing experience simultaneously).—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) 10. Native American Experience (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to the diverse cultures of Native American peoples from North, Central, and South America. Emphasis on Native American voices in the expression of cultural views and in the experience of conflicting values. GE credit: ArtHum or SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Hernández-Avila, Mendoza, Macri, Tsinhnahjinnie, Varese 32. Native American Music and Dance (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to the music and dance of the native peoples of the Americas. Students will study secular native music and dance from a cross-section of regions and tribes. GE credit: Div.—(I.) Mendoza 33. Native American Art in the U.S. (4)Lecture—4 hours. Comprehensive survey of Indian art forms with emphasis upon design, media, and function. Intent is to familiarize the student with a wide range of styles and techniques. GE credit: ArtHum, Div. 34. Native American Art Workshop (4)Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—6 hours; 3 hours to be arranged. Prerequisite: consent of instructor; course 33 recommended. Studio projects in Native American art, design, and crafts. (P/NP grading only.)—I. Tsinhnahjinnie 46. Orientation to Research in Native American Studies (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Native American Studies major or minor, or consent of instructor. Introduces students to basic research resources pertinent to Native American subjects available in the region, including libraries, archives, museums, etc. Emphasis is upon learning to use documentary resources or other collections of data. Students will carry out individual projects. Limited enrollment. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt. 55. Americanisms: Native American Contributions to World Civilization (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 10 recommended. American indigenous people’s contributions to the contemporary world, with attention to forced participation of Indian societies in the development of Western dominance and resulting appropriation of cultural creations. Responses and initiatives of indigenous peoples will be analyzed. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt. 98. Directed Group Study (1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.) 99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.) Upper Division Courses101. Contemporary Indian Art (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 33. Historical review of contemporary Indian art from 1900 to the present by looking at the two art centers of Oklahoma and Santa Fe. Social pressures that have influenced the imagery that exists today will be examined. GE credit: ArtHum, Div.—III. Tsinhnahjinnie 107. Special Topics in Native American Languages (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Investigation of various subjects in contemporary and historical Native American language studies. May be repeated for credit when a different topic is studied. GE credit: Div.—II. (I.) Macri, Mendoza 108. Indigenous Languages of California (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Survey of the indigenous languages of the California region: linguistic prehistory, languages at first European contact, subsequent language loss, current efforts at language and cultural revitalization, indigenous languages of recent immigrants to California. GE credit: Div, Wri.—II. (III.) Macri 115. Native Americans in the Contemporary World (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, 10, or 55. The sociocultural development of American Indian populations in modern times with emphasis upon North America. Attention will be given to contemporary Indian affairs and problems as well as to the background for present day conditions. Not open for credit to students who have completed Anthropology 141B. (Former course Anthropology 141B.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (II.) Montejo 116. Native American Traditional Governments (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1; Anthropology 2. Study of selected Native American Tribal Governments, confederations, leagues, and alliance systems. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div. 117. Native American Governmental Decision Making (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 116, Political Science 2; Anthropology 123 recommended. Native American governmental and community decision making with emphasis on federal and state programs, tribal sovereignty, current political trends and funding for tribal services. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—ll. Valandra 118. Native American Politics (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 117. Examination of the various interest groups and movements found among Native people and how they relate to the determination of Indian affairs. Study of political action available to Native groups, and local communities, along with relevant theory relating to underdevelopment. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—IIl. Valandra 120. Ethnopolitics of South American Indians (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, 10 or 55. Social, political, cultural movements of indigenous South Americans in response to establishment, expansion of European colonialism, post-colonial nation-states. Ethnopolitical processes developed through interactions between Indians, Euroamericans. Socioethnographic analysis of main indigenous areas and the development of national societies. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—(I.) Varese 122. Native American Community Development (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, Community and Regional Development 151. Application of community development theory and techniques to the development problems of Native American communities. Offered in alternate years. (Former course 161.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—lI. Varese 125. Performance and Culture Among Native Americans (4)Lecture—3 hours; listening—3 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing in division of humanities or social sciences or consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary study of public expressive forms among Native Americans. Comparative analysis of music, dances, rituals, and dramas from throughout the Americas in their social and cultural contexts. Offered in alternate years. Not open for credit to students who have completed Music 125.—(III.) Mendoza 130A. Native American Ethno-Historical Development (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 10; History 17A recommended. Study of Native American ethno-history in North America before 1770s. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.) Crum 130B. Native American Ethno-Historical Development (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1; History 17A-17B recommended. Study of Native American ethno-history in North America, 1770-1890. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Crum 130C. Native American Ethno-Historical Development (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1; History 17A-17B recommended. Study of Native American ethno-history in North America after 1890. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. Crum 133. Ethnohistory of Native People of Mexico and Central America (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, 10 or 55. Ethnohistorical development of pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial Mexican and Central American indigenous people; the impact of economic and political factors on the process of cultural adaptation. Attention is given to the questions of nation-building, forced assimilation, indigenous resistance, organized political responses. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—III. (III.) Varese 134. Race and Sex: Race Mixture and Mixed Peoples (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: one course chosen from Anthropology 1 or 2, Native American Studies 10, Chicana/o Studies 110, African American and African Studies 100 or Asian American Studies 110. The phenomena of racial, ethnic and interreligious intermixture and marriage, and of multi-ethnic peoples. Emphases on the Americas and upon the sociocultural effects of intermixture and on the lives of bicultural and multi-ethnic persons. (Same course as Anthropology 134.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—ll. Coates 156. Native American Ethics and Value Systems (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing; course 1. Analysis of Native American systems of values and how these values translate into actual behavior; attention to the problem of implementing traditional values in the twentieth century and the possible impact of native values in modern societies. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt. 157. Native American Religion and Philosophy (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing; course 1 or Anthropology 2. Religious and philosophical thinking of Native American people with emphasis upon North America. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: Div.—(II.) Hernández-Ávila 180. Native American Women (4)Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 10 or Women’s Studies 50. Social and cultural foundations of the Native American women’s personality, including the development of the Indian girl and the life phases of mature womanhood. Autobiographical and biographical texts are utilized. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Coates 181A-181B-181C. Native American Literature (4-4-4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: English 3, Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3, or any course from the General Education Literature Preparation List. Analysis of works by or about Native Americans including novels and autobiographies, analysis of Native American poetry, oral literature, songs, and tales. (A), the novel and fiction; (B), nonfiction works by native authors; (C), traditional literature and poetry. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I, II. (I-II-III.) Hernández-Avila, Montejo 184. Contemporary Indigenous Literature of Mexico (4)Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 10; course 181A or 181C recommended. Reading knowledge of Spanish required. Contemporary indigenous literature of Mexico, with a focus on the genres (poetry, fiction, drama, essay); analysis of cultural, historical, and spiritual themes, imagery, styles and performances; biographies of and influences on the Native writers themselves. Offered in alternate years.—(III.) Hernández-Avila 188. Special Topics in Native American Literary Studies (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of instructor. Special topics drawn from Native American literature. May be repeated for credit when a different topic is studied. GE credit: Div, Wrt.—III. (II.) Hernández-Ávila, Montejo 190. Seminar in Native American Studies (2)Discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing. Seminar of critical issues faced by Native American people. (P/NP grading only.) 191. Topics in Native American Studies (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of instructor. Selected topics in Native American ethno-history, development, culture, and thought. May be repeated for credit when a different topic is studied. GE credit: ArtHum, Div.—III. (I.) 192. Internship (1-12)Internship. Prerequisite: consent of instructor; upper division standing; dependent on availability of intern position in Native American Studies or the CN Gorman Museum; priority to Native American Studies minors/major. Supervised internship in the CN Gorman Museum, community, and institutional settings related to Native American concerns. May be repeated three times for a maximum of 12 units including 192 and other internships taken in other departments and institutions. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III, IV. (I, II, III, IV.) Tsinhnahjinnie 194HA-194HB. Special Studies for Honors Students (4-4)Independent study—12 hours. Prerequisite: senior qualifying for honors. Directed reading, research and writing culminating in the completion of a senior honors thesis or project under direction of faculty adviser. (Deferred grading only, pending completion of sequence.) 195. Field Experience in Native American Studies (12)Field work—36 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing and major in Native American Studies, completion of lower division major requirements, and course 161. Field work with governmental and community groups, under supervision of faculty adviser and sponsor. Knowledge acquired in other courses to be applied in field work. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) 196. Senior Project in Native American Studies (4)Discussion—1 hour; independent study—3 hours. Prerequisite: senior standing and major in Native American Studies, course 195 (may be taken concurrently), and consent of instructor. Guided research project that enables student to apply the theory and research principles from major course work. Final product is to be a major senior project or thesis. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) 197TC. Community Tutoring in Native American Studies (1-5)Tutorial—3-15 hours. Prerequisite: consent of major committee; upper division standing with major in Native American Studies. Supervise tutoring in community. (P/NP grading only.) 198. Directed Group Study (1-5)Prerequisite: upper division standing; consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.) 199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.) Graduate Courses200. Basic Concepts in Native American Studies (4)Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Analysis of the characteristics of the discipline of Native American Studies. Concentration is on both traditional and contemporary native scholarship and thought as well as the theoretical and methodological consequences derived from application of these ideas. Offered in alternate years.—(I.) Montejo 202. Advanced Topics in Native American Studies (4)Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Advanced study of selected topics or themes relevant to the field of Native American studies. Topics will be announced at the time of offering. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—II, III. (I, II, III.) 212. Community Development for Sovereignty and Autonomy (4)Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Examines a sample of contemporary indigenous communities from south, central and north America with the goal of understanding and evaluating the strategies adopted by Native American communities to develop and implement forms of sovereignty or autonomous self-management. Offered in alternate years.—lII. Varese 213. Public Law 83-280: Colonial Termination (4)Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing, including school of law students. Examination of the signature law of the Termination Era, Public Law 83-280. Discussions to include termination, societal conformity, political consent, jurisdiction, self-determination & decolonization, and colonial relationship between Native Peoples and the United States.—(III.) Valandra 217. Public Law 83-280: Colonial Termination (4)Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing, including school of law students. Examination of the signature law of the Termination Era, Public Law 83-280. Discussions to include termination, societal conformity, political consent, jurisdiction, self-determination & decolonization, and colonial relationship between Native Peoples and the United States.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Valandra 220. Colonialism/Racism and Self-Determination (4)Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Study of imperial/colonial systems and their psychosocial impacts upon oppressors and oppressed, of racism as the outgrowth of colonialism, and of nationalism, ethnic conflict and self-determination. Focus on indigenous peoples, but other groups will also be considered. Offered in alternate years.—(II.) Varese 224. Performance in the Americas (4)Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Ethnomusicological and anthropological approaches to study of public performance in the Americas. New ways of looking at music, dance, rituals and other forms of public expressive forms normally called “folklore” or “popular culture.” Offered in alternate years. Not open for credit to students who have completed Music 224. (Former course Music 224.)—(II.) Mendoza 250. Indigenous Critique of Classic Maya Ethnographies (4)Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Construction of the Maya world through ethnographic writing during the present century. Deconstruction of ethnographies about the Mayans considering the modern theories and social/anthropological critiques of modern ethnographies. Offered in alternate years.—(II.) Montejo 280. Ethnohistorical Theory and Method (4)Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Discussion of the ethnohistorical method; the utilization of diverse types of data, especially documentary sources, to reconstruct socio-cultural history. Particular attention to the applied area of ethnohistory in the solution of contemporary social problems. Offered in alternate years.—I. Crum 298. Group Study for Graduate Students (1-5)Prerequisite: graduate standing, consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)
299. Special Study for Graduate Students
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