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TOPICS AND COURSE SCHEDULE
Spring 2004 - Version of 3-16-04
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       Presentation Topics
WebCT
 
JANUARY
Completed on Wednesdays at 5:00.
 The day before the Thursday class.
  
8- Class One
Tribes/ Languages/Culture Areas/Communities/families
Course Overview/Syllabus/Readings/Requirements
Native American Resources on-line.

14
Intro to WebCt
Student Background Survey
Course Pretest

 
     
15- Class Two
Sacred Lands and Spaces
Native Religious Thinking

21
Quiz 1


  
     
22- Class Three
Native American Studies Research methods
Creation Stories, Cosmologies, Animism

28
Discussion 1

  
     
29- Class Four
Sacred Places and Peoples		 4
Assignment 1		  
     
FEBRUARY    
     
5- Class Five
Law, Politics, Religious Freedom
Tribal Religions, Christianity and Contemporary Culture		 11
Quiz 2 		 
     
12- Class Six
Southeastern and Florida Indians		 18
Discussion 2
  
     
19- Class Seven
Seminole/Miccouski
Creek/Muskogee		 25
Assignment 2		  
     
26- Class Eight
Miami Circle
Vision quests, Shamanism, Healing		 March 3

  
     
MARCH    
     
4- Class Nine
Sun Dance, Native Dance and Drum		 10
Quiz 3		  
     
11- Class Ten
Intertribal Celebrations
Absaroke/Crow History, Culture and Religion		 17
Discussion 3

  
     
18 – Class Eleven
Peyotism and the Native American Church
 
     
25 - Spring Break – No Class    
     
APRIL    
     
1 Class Twelve
Navajo, Whirling Logs
Medicine Wheels

7
Assignment 3

  
     
8- Class Thirteen
American Indian healing, spirituality
       and health care delivery.

14
Quiz 4

  
     
15- Class Fourteen
Masks, Symbols, and Art		    
     
22 FINAL EXAMINATION    
 
 
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