Schedule Readings not marked with one of the following icons are from required books for the course = Reader       = Online Only       = Assignment Due Go to Class or Date class 1: Jan. 10 class 2: Jan. 12 class 3: Jan. 14 class 4: Jan. 17 class 5: Jan. 19 class 6: Jan. 21 class 7: Jan. 24 class 8: Jan. 26 class 9: Jan. 28 class 10: Jan. 31 class 11: Feb. 2 class 12: Feb. 4 class 13: Feb. 7 class 14: Feb. 9 class 15: Feb. 11 class 16: Feb. 14 class 17: Feb. 16 class 18: Feb. 18 class 19: Feb. 21 class 20: Feb. 23 class 21: Feb. 25 class 22: Feb. 28 class 23: Mar. 1 class 24: Mar. 3 class 25: Mar. 6 class 26: Mar. 8 class 27: Mar. 10 class 28: Mar. 13 class 29: Mar. 15 class 30: Mar. 17 Final: Mar. 20 WEEK 1 Native American Literature CLASS 1: Jan. 10 Introduction to Course and Topic Website Weaving Webs: Native American Literature, Oral Tradition, and Internet CLASS 2: Jan. 12 Paula Gunn Allen, "The Sacred Hoop: A Contemporary Perspective" Leslie Marmon Silko, "Coyotes and the Stro'ro'ka Dancers" and "Toe'osh: A Laguna Coyote Story" In class: Running on the Edge of the Rainbow (video) Notes to Class 2 Complete online entrance survey (required) Subscribe to the course e-mail list (required) CLASS 3: Jan. 14 Sidner Larson, "Native American Aesthetics: An Attitude of Relationship" Leslie Marmon Silko, from Storyteller Notes to Class 3 Reminder: Complete online entrance survey Reminder: Subscribe to the course e-mail list WEEK 2 Mixedblood Mediation CLASS 4: Jan. 17 HOLIDAY! CLASS 5: Jan. 19 John Joseph Mathews, Sundown Notes to Class 5 CLASS 6: Jan. 21 Sundown (cont.) Glen Martin, "Internet Indian Wars" Website Evaluation Exercise due in class WEEK 3 Speaking for / Speaking as CLASS 7: Jan. 24 Sundown(finish) Carter Revard, selected poems: "Rock Shelters," "Close Encounters," and "On the Reservation" CLASS 8: Jan. 26 N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain (Student Presentations) CLASS 9: Jan. 28 Way to Rainy Mountain (finish) Momaday, "The Man Made of Words" Notes to Class 9 Online discussion response on issue of "Representing Native American Cultures" due by 5:00pm the day before class WEEK 4 Homing In CLASS 10: Jan. 31 James Welch, Winter in the Blood (Student Presentations) CLASS 11: Feb. 2 Winter in the Blood (cont.) CLASS 12: Feb. 4 Winter in the Blood (finish) Welch, selected poems: "Blue Like Death," "Christmas Comes to Moccasin Flat," "Riding the Earthboy 40," and "Blackfeet, Blood and Piegan Hunters" Notes to Class 12 WEEK 5 Transcribing Oral Traditions CLASS 13: Feb. 7 Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (Student Presentations) CLASS 14: Feb. 9 Ceremony (cont.) Silko, "Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective" Notes to Class 14 CLASS 15: Feb. 11 Ceremony (finish) Notes to Class 15 Online discussion response on issue of "Transcribing Oral Traditions" due by 5:00pm the day before class. REMINDER: Post this response to the class email list not the Exchange Server. WEEK 6 Tricksters CLASS 16: Feb. 14 Louise Erdrich, Tracks (Student Presentations) Paper #1 due in class CLASS 17: Feb. 16 Tracks (cont.) CLASS 18: Feb. 18 Tracks (finish) Gerald Vizenor, "Trickster Discourse" Notes to Class 18 WEEK 7 Cultural Adaptation CLASS 19: Feb. 21 HOLIDAY! CLASS 20: Feb. 23 Greg Sarris, Grand Avenue (Student Presentations) CLASS 21: Feb. 25 Grand Avenue (cont.) WEEK 8 Survival Humor CLASS 22: Feb. 28 Grand Avenue (finish) Sarris, "Telling Dreams and Keeping Secrets" Notes for Class 22 Online discussion response on issue of "Cultural Adaptation" due by 5:00pm the day before class CLASS 23: Mar. 1 Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Student Presentations) CLASS 24: Mar. 3 Lone Ranger and Tonto (cont.) Alexie, selected poems: "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel," "13/16," "Penance, "House Fires," and "Indian Boy Love Song" (#1 & #4) WEEK 9 Movie Indians CLASS 25: Mar. 6 Lone Ranger and Tonto (finish) Attend screening of Smoke Signals Mon 3/6 7-9:30 SH1430 or Tues 3/7 7-9:30 NH 1109. (required) CLASS 26: Mar. 8 Smoke Signals CLASS 27: Mar. 10 Smoke Signals Re-post or post a new online discussion response on issue of "Representing Native American Cultures" by 5:00pm the day before class WEEK 10 Tribal Technologies CLASS 28: Mar. 13 Marshall McLuhan, "The Written Word" Patricia Ann Carlson, "Square Books and Round Books" Tara Prindle, NativeTech Notes for Class 28 CLASS 29: Mar. 15 Kathleen E. B. Manley, "Decreasing the Distance: Contemporary Native American Texts, Hypertext, and the Concept of Audience" Craig Howe, "Cyberspace is No Place for Tribalism" Leslie Marmon Silko, from Storyteller [Weaving a Hypertext StoryWeb] (password protected for students in this class) Notes for Class 29 CLASS 30: Mar. 17 Conclusions and Evaluations Online discussion response on issue of "Tribal Technologies" due by 5:00pm the day before class FINALS WEEK FINAL: Mar. 20 Paper #2 due in my office by noon
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