Spring 2003
Dr. Evans
wevans@aug.edu
667-4024

In this independent study Humanities course you must take the initiative to learn the material on your own. Success in the course will require discipline and commitment. Normally there will be one exam period every
week; you need only show up six times for exams. These will be the only times you need to schedule specifically for this Humanities class. If you are not able to schedule these times this semester you should drop the course and enroll in another semester. There may be some amendments to the following syllabus, but there should not be many.

The Board of Regents mandates that for each semester hour of academic credit a student should have one hour a week (for fifteen weeks) of lecture; the videotapes you will watch for the course are to be
considered the equivalent of class lectures. The course will abide by the principle that students should work about two hours out of class for every hour spent in class. Obviously individuals vary enormously in
reading speeds, but the course has been designed so that, in addition to the time spent with videotapes (readings, listening examples, review, etc.) the course should occupy a hypothetical average student somewhere around thirty hours. In sum, over the course of the semester, a hypothetical average student should devote something like forty-five hours to the course; certainly some will devote more time, some less.

GRADING
All exams will be multiple choice. There will be six exams, one for each unit of the course. Each exam will consist of 50 questions. There will be 300 points possible for the course; a student who earns 90% (270
points) will earn an A; a score of 80% (240 to 269 points) earns a B; 70% (210 to 239 points) earns a C; 60% (180 to 209 points) earns a D; a student who earns 179 points or fewer will fail the course. If you decide to drop the course you must fill out a withdrawal form at Student Records. If you have not taken at least two exams by midterm you should expect to receive an F or a WF.

REQUIREMENTS
You must pay careful attention to what you hear, see, and read, and you must take copious notes. For example, you should rarely let 60 seconds of video pass without writing several words of notes. If you merely
read the reading assignments you will do poorly on the tests; take good notes. Actually writing down dates, names of individuals, titles of artworks, etc. will do you far more good and will provide excellent review material when you’re preparing for tests. For artworks on video or in the Berlo or Stokstad textbooks you would be wise to make a quick sketch to help implant the image in your mind in case you need to
identify the artwork on an exam.

A copy of all the textbooks required for this course will be on reserve at the front desk of the library, but you should not rely on these; enrollment for this course has been especially full this term and to ensure that you will have full and unlimited access to the required material you would be wise to purchase three of these books in the bookstore:

Coming to Light: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of America, by Brian Swann (Vintage: 1994; ISBN 0-679-74358-8)
Native North American Art, by Janet Catherine Berlo and Ruth B. Phillips (Oxford University Press: 1998; ISBN 0-19-284218-8)
Black Elk Speaks, John G. Neihardt (University of Nebraska Press: 1932, 1979; ISBN 0-8032-8359-8)

Some other reading assignments will be on reserve in Reese Library: Art History, Marilyn Stokstad (Abrams: 1995; the hardback cover is a muddy orange color); Music: The Art of Listening, Jean Ferris.

The study packet contains some units of photocopied material: “Origins: The First Americans– Hot on the Trail”;
“Beyond Clovis: How and When the First Americans Arrived;” Myths of the Cherokee, by James Mooney. All the videotapes will be available at Media Services in Hardy Hall; you should plan to watch the videos on monitors there. The phone number for Media Services is 737-1703. Be polite and respectful when dealing with the Media Services staff.

As soon as you get this syllabus you should immediately e-mail me the following information:
1. state you are enrolled in North American Indian Humanities
2. your name
3. mailing address
4. phone number
5. a nickname or pseudonym I can use to post your exam scores near my office door
6. your e-mail address

E-mail any questions you may have and I will e-mail a response. If you do not currently have an e-mail address, go to Room 7 in Hardy Hall with a validated student I.D. and you can get one for free. I will post on
my door or on the wall near my door update information about the course and, by nickname or pseudonym, your exam scores.

The course will be divided into six units:
North American Indians 1 Introduction
North American Indians 2 The Northeast
North American Indians 3 The Southeast
North American Indians 4 The Southwest
North American Indians 5 The West
North American Indians 6 Black Elk Speaks

EXAMS
The chart below outlines what exams are available on what dates. You do not need to take the exams in order (in other words, you may take the exam for Unit Six before taking the exam for Unit One). Exams will take
place Friday afternoons from 12:00 to 12:50 pm in Allgood Hall, room N241, or on Thursday evenings from 5:00 to 5:50 pm in [Allgood Hall, room N233] . You may take a maximum of two exams in any exam period.
If at all possible you should try to finish the course well before the end of the semester. If the semester ends before you’ve taken all six exams you will receive a zero for any exams you have not taken. Plan ahead! Do not trap yourself into needing to take exams on the last exam day!

If you have given me a nickname or pseudonym to use, your exam scores will be posted outside my office as soon as I’ve graded your exams. Be sure to bring to the exam two sharpened number two pencils and your
completed study questions. Be on time! When you take an exam for a unit you MUST bring your study questions and turn them in PRIOR to taking the exam. If you don’t have study questions to hand in, written in your own handwriting, there’s no point in showing up for the exam.

When Exams May Be Taken
Thursday 5:00 Friday 12:00
[Allgood Hall, room N233] [Allgood Hall, room N241]
January 16 January 24
January 30 February 7
February 13 February 21
February 27 March 7
March 13 March 21
March 27 April 4
Spring Break April 18
April 24 [last exam date!]

STUDY QUESTIONS
You must do all the work for this independent study course yourself, not relying on others for help with answers to study questions. For each segment you should write out answers on the pages which contain the study questions. When you take an exam for a unit you MUST bring your study questions and turn them in PRIOR to taking the exam. If you don’t have study questions to hand in, written in your own handwriting, there’s no point in showing up for the exam. Do not borrow study questions from another student and do not lend your study questions to another student. If you are in possession of another student’s answers to study questions or if another student is in possession of your answers to study questions you both will be considered guilty of
cheating and should expect to flunk the course and be remanded to the dean for academic dishonesty.

Important: Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam (about two-thirds) will come from those, but many other exam questions (about a third) will be new.

STUDY UNITS
You would be wise to purchase the Swann, Berlo, and Neihardt textbooks; copies of the Stokstad and Ferris textbooks will be available on 24-hour reserve at the front desk of the library. We have two copies of most
of the commercial videotapes but demand will be heavy, so plan ahead; these videos may not be checked out off campus so you should plan to watch these videos in Media Services in Hardy Hall. Be sure to work
hard on the study questions.

Unit 1: Introduction
“Origins: The First Americans–Hot on the Trail” (from the NEARA Journal, Volume XXXI (1997), page 1-3, by Don Gilmore. [included in study packet]
“Beyond Clovis: How and When the First Americans Arrived,” by Mark Rose (Archeology, November/December 1999, pages 80-84) [included in study packet]
The Ancestors (500 Nations #1, videotape, about 48 minutes)
Coming to Light: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of America, Brian Swann (Vintage, ISBN 0-679-74358-8), “Introduction,” pages xiii - xxxviii
Native North American Art, by Janet Catherine Berlo and Ruth B. Phillips (Oxford University Press: 1998), “Introduction,” pages 1-35
Clash of Cultures (500 Nations #3, videotape, about 48 minutes)

Be sure to do all the study questions. In addition, you will be asked to identify some artworks which appear in Native North American Art by Janet Berlo and Ruth Phillips; from photocopies you should be able to
identify the artworks by tribe and by type of object (beaded cradle, effigy pipe, shoulder bag), by title, artist, and year or era if the information appears in the text.

Unit 2, The Northeast
Invasion of the Coast (500 Nations #4, videotape, about 48 minutes)
Native North American Art, Janet Berlo, “Northeast, Great Lakes, Woodland,”pages 88-105
Coming to Light, Bruce Swann, “The Eastern Woodlands,” pages 441-518
Cauldron of War (500 Nations #5, videotape, about 48 minutes)

Be sure to do all the study questions. In addition, you will be asked to identify some artworks which appear in Native North American Art by Janet Berlo and Ruth Phillips; from photocopies you should be able to
identify the artworks by tribe and by type of object (beaded cradle, effigy pipe, shoulder bag), by title, artist, and year or era if the information appears in the text.

Unit 3, The Southeast
Removal (500 Nations #6, videotape, about 48 min)
Native North American Art, Janet Berlo, “The East,” pages 71-88.
Myths of the Cherokee, James Mooney (1900), pages 219-261; 350-356.
[included in study packet]

Be sure to do all the study questions. In addition, you will be asked to identify some artworks which appear in Native North American Art by Janet Berlo and Ruth Phillips; from photocopies you should be able to
identify the artworks by tribe and by type of object (beaded cradle, effigy pipe, shoulder bag), by title, artist, and year or era if the information appears in the text.

Unit 4, The Southwest (Anasazi, Pueblo, Navaho, and others)
The Chaco Legacy (videotape, VCT 150.5, about 58 minutes)
Indians of the Southwest (videotape, VCT 2194.02, about 15 minutes, directed toward children.)
North American Indian Art, Janet Berlo, “The Southwest,” pages 37-69
Coming to Light, Bruce Swann, “Southwest,” pages 590-703

Be sure to do all the study questions. In addition, you will be asked to identify some artworks which appear in Native North American Art by Janet Berlo and Ruth Phillips; from photocopies you should be able to
identify the artworks by tribe and by type of object (beaded cradle, effigy pipe, shoulder bag), by title, artist, and year or era if the information appears in the text.

Unit 5, The West (Sioux and others)
Indians of the Plains (videotape, VCT 2194.02, about 15 minutes, directed toward children)
Roads Across the Plains: Struggle for the West (500 Nations #7, videotape, about 47 minutes)
North American Indian Art, Janet Berlo, “The West,” pages 107-137
Art History, Marilyn Stokstad (Abrams: 1995), pages 883-6
“Native American Music,” Music: The Art of Listening, Jean Ferris, fifth edition, pages 336-339

Be sure to do all the study questions. In addition, you will be asked to identify some artworks which appear in Native North American Art by Janet Berlo and Ruth Phillips and in Art History, Marilyn Stokstad; from
photocopies you should be able to identify the artworks by tribe and by type of object (beaded cradle, effigy pipe, shoulder bag), by title, artist, and year or era if the information appears in the text.

Unit 6, Black Elk Speaks
Attack on Culture (500 Nations #8, videotape, about 47 minutes)
Black Elk Speaks, John G. Neihardt (University of Nebraska Press, 1932, 1979; ISBN 0-8032-8359-8)

Be sure to do all the study questions.