COURSE SYLLABUS

INS 105

Introduction to American Indian Studies

MWF 11-12 Fall 2003

SVE 205

 

Instructor: Eric Buffalohead (buffaloe@augsburg.edu)

Office: Murphy Place 106

Office hours: 1:20-2:20 MWF & by appt.

Office phone: 330-1661

 

Course Description:

This course is intended to introduce students to American Indian Studies. Concepts and topics to be covered include, among others, history, language, culture, literature, policy, images, contemporary issues, and the arts. Minnesota Indians will be emphasized where appropriate.

 

Students Rights and Responsibilities:

All students have the right to use the College Counseling and Student Development staff services, as well as to receive tutoring assistance from the writing lab program. The Augsburg College policy on academic honesty applies to this course. Attendance is Mandatory.

 

Required texts:

Native America: Portrait of the Peoples, Duane Champagne (ed)

Waterlily. Ella Deloria

Native North America. Zimmerman and Molyneaux

 

Course grade will consist of:

                                                            Mid-term        30%     10/22

                                                            Final Exam      40%     12/17

                                                            Paper               30%     12/12

                                               

Exams will have a variety of formats including multiple choice, matching, short identification, short answer or short essay.

 

The research paper should be 5-7 pages in length. Topics can include but are not limited to current or historical events, (i.e. gaming, hunting and fishing rights, the Dakota Conflict of 1862) or research on historical Indian figures. All topics must be cleared through the instructor. This paper should include at least four references in the bibliography and must be properly cited or it will not be accepted. If you do not know how to properly cite a paper then you should consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, by Gibeldi and Achtert, which is available at most libraries.

 

COURSE SCHEDULE

 

WEEK ONE: Introduction to the course/ Ponca Hist.& Culture 9/3,5

READING: Zimmerman 6-35, 116-125, 168-169

 

WEEK TWO: Culture Areas/ The Northeast. 9/8,10,12

READING: Champagne 51-91, Zimmerman 36-43, 106-107

 

WEEK THREE: The Southeast. 9/15,17,19

READING: Champagne 93-127, Zimmerman 44-45

 

WEEK FOUR: The Southwest/California. 9/22, 24,26

READING: Champagne 129-160, 301-329, Zimmerman 52-59

 

WEEK FIVE: The Plains. 9/29, 10/1,3

READING: Champagne 161-193, 237-272, Zimmerman 46-49, 136-137

 

WEEK SIX: The Great Basin/Plateau/Northwest Coast. 10/6,8,10

READING: Champagne 273-300, 195-235, 331-396, Zimmerman 50-51, 60-69, 82-83

 

WEEK SEVEN: Language. 10/13,15,17

READING: Champagne 397-439, Zimmerman 164-165

 

WEEK EIGHT: Language. 10/20,22 **MIDTERM 10/22**

READING: none

 

WEEK NINE: Art. 10/27,29,31

READING: Champagne 549-631, Zimmerman 70-73, 84-91

 

WEEK TEN: Activism. 11/3,5,7

READING: Champagne 1-50

 

WEEK ELEVEN: Federal Policy. 11/10,12,14

READING: Champagne 441-523

 

WEEK TWELVE: Contemporary Issues. 11/17,19,21

READING: Champagne 525-547, Zimmerman 92-99

 

WEEK THIRTEEN: Contemporary Issues. 11/24,26

READING: Zimmerman 144-157, 161-163

 

WEEK FOURTEEN: Contemporary Issues/MN Indians. 12/1,3,5

READING: Deloria ix-113

 

WEEK FIFTEEN: Literature. 12/8,10,12 **Paper Due 12/12**

READING: Champagne 665-740, Deloria 113-244, Zimmerman 158-159

 

FINAL EXAM- 10:15-12:15, W 12/17 SVE 205

INS 105-Dakota Language

 

Geographic Location-Minnesota, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Nebraska, and Manitoba

 

Language Family-Siouan

 

Linguistic Phylum-Macro-Siouan

 

Closely Related languages-Lakota/Nakota

 

Dakota Speakers;

 

Wahpetonwan-dwellers among the leaves

Bdewakantonwan-dwellers of the spirit lake

Sisitonwan-dwellers of the fish ground

Wahpekute-shooters among the leaves

 

Dakota place names in MN;

 

Mendota……Junction of two rivers

Minnetonka…big water

Wayzata…….North

Winona…….first born girl

Chaska……..first born boy

Shakopee……six

 

Vocabulary;

 

Hau/Han……..Hello or yes

Hiya………….No

Waste………good

Tanka……….big

Tatanka……..buffalo

Mni…………water

Wasicun…….white people

Pidamayaye (do)….Thank you

Sunka………Dog

Sunktanka…..Horse

Pejuta sapa…..Coffe e

Mni Kata…….Coffee

Pejuta Wicasta…Doctor

 

 

 

 

Sample Conversation;

 

 

Toked eniciyapi he? (what are you called?)

 

_______emakiyapi do/ye. (______I am called.)

 

Nis, Toked eniciyapi he? (And you, What are you called?)

 

Mis, ________emakiyapi do/ye. (As for me, ___I am called.)

 

Tokiya tanhan yahi he? (Where are you from?)

 

________heciya tanhan wahi do/ye. (____I come from.)

 

Nis, tokiya tanhan yahi he? (And you, where are you from?)

 

Mis, ______heciya tanhan wahi do/ye. (As for me, ____I come from.)