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Revision Date: 05-Aug-24

Fall 2024 | HIS-1220-VO01 - Native American Histories & Cultures

Online Class

Online courses take place 100% online via Canvas, without required in-person or Zoom meetings.

Location: Online
Credits: 3 (45 hours)
Day/Times: Meets online
Semester Dates: 09-03-2024 to 12-16-2024
Last day to drop without a grade: 09-16-2024 - Refund Policy
Last day to withdraw (W grade): 11-04-2024 - Refund Policy
This course has started, please contact the offering academic center about registration

Faculty

Ananda Forest
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Philip Crossman

General Education Requirements

This section meets the following CCV General Education Requirement(s) for the current catalog year:

VSCS Humanistic Perspectives

Note

Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.

Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

This is an interdisciplinary course exploring indigenous cultures of North America. Students consider the pre-Columbian world, history of contacts between Indians and settlers, and contemporary issues, including legal sovereignty, land claims, resource policy, poverty, and cultural autonomy.

Essential Objectives

1. Describe the habitation of the North American continent and trace the development of different cultures, language groups and adaptive strategies based on archaeological evidence and the post-contact historic record.
2. Identify the location and characteristics of major Native American culture areas as they existed prior to European contact and discuss the subsequent history of each.
3. Compare and contrast key elements of the cultures studied, including subsistence patterns, family and kinship, social and political organization, belief systems, gender, expressive culture and responses to colonialism.
4. Analyze the effects and implications of European colonization, treaties and government policy on Native American cultures.
5. Apply anthropological concepts such as culture, ethnicity, acculturation, cultural imperialism, revitalization, holism and cultural relativity to the study of Native Americans.
6. Explore indigenous contributions to North American culture.
7. Describe modern constructions of native identities, including pan-Indianism, and how those constructions are expressed.
8. Describe contemporary economic, social, and environmental challenges facing Native American groups, including maintenance of sovereignty, struggle for recognition, and improvement of health and community services.
9. Explain the role of ethnocentrism, personal and cultural bias and popular mythology in the analysis of cultures and in shaping perceptions of others.
10. Analyze the theses, context, values, perspectives, and facts in primary and secondary sources.
11. Engage in and evaluate historical research using information literacy skills.

Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV IT Support page. https://support.ccv.edu/general/computer-recommendations/

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.

Required Textbooks and Resources

* This is a low cost ($50 or less) textbook or resource class. *
This course uses one or more textbooks/books/simulations.

Fall 2024 textbook details will be available on 2024-05-20. On that date a link will be available below that will take you to eCampus, CCV's bookstore. The information provided there will be specific to this class. Please see this page for more information regarding the purchase of textbooks/books.

HIS-1220-VO01 Link to Textbooks for this course in eCampus.

The last day to use a Financial Aid Advance to purchase textbooks/books is the 3rd Tuesday of the semester. See your financial aid counselor at your academic center if you have any questions.

Methods

Readings in current edition of the text,

In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20000 Year History of American Indians, by Jake Page

Lectures by instructor.

Group discussion of assigned readings.

Weekly journal.

Research project—group or individual.

Reading quizzes.

Midterm and final examination.

Experiential exercises: council, pipe ceremony, shamanic journey.

Before white people arrived in America, Native peoples couldn't read or use a clock and had no idea what logic was. For us to sit in a classroom and try to understand Native Americans only through books and lectures is like trying to understand a bear by going to the zoo. We will see an amazing, big, furry animal, but we won't get any idea of its wisdom or power.

One important goal of this course is to invite the student of Native American history and culture to take a few steps out of his or her own comfort zone and towards the mindset of this continent’s First Peoples. Students will be required to participate in experiential exercises during the semester, such ascouncil (talking stick), pipe ceremony, shamanic journeying, and field trips to local sacred sites. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in an Inipi (sweat lodge ceremony).

The course will also include readings in the current edition of the text,

In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20000 Year History of American Indians, byJake Page, lectures by the instructor, group discussion of assigned readings, weekly journal entries, a research project on a topic of one's own choosing, and midterm and final examinations.

Evaluation Criteria

Examinations—30%

Participation in discussion—20%

Research project—30%

Weekly journal—20%

Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

High Low

A+ 100 98

A Less than 98 93

A- Less than 93 90

B+ Less than 90 88

B Less than 88 83

B- Less than 83 80

C+ Less than 80 78

C Less than 78 73

C- Less than 73 70

D+ Less than 70 68

D Less than 68 63

D- Less than 63 60

F Less than 60

P 100 60

NP Less than 60 0

Weekly Schedule

Week/Module	Topic	Readings	Assignments

1	TURTLE ISLAND	Read ch. 1 and 2, In the Hands of the Great Spirit	TYPED RESPONSE AND DISCUSSION

2	Mound Builders and Early European Contact	Read ch. 3 and 4, In the Hands of the Great Spirit	Typed response and Discussion

3	The Spanish Arrive	Read Chapters 4 and 5, In the Hands of the Great Spirit	Typed Response and Discussion

4	Clash of Cultures	Chapters 6, 7, 8, In the Hands of Great Spirit	Typed Response and Discussion

5	Moving West— Rebellion and Removal	Chapters 9 and 10,In the Hands of Great Spirit	Typed Response and Discussion

6	Midterm	Open Book	Midterm

7	Final projects and Southwest Tribes	Chapter 11,In the Hands of the Great Spirit	Typed Response and Discussion

8	Plains Tribes	Ch. 12,In the Hands of the Great Spirit	Typed Response and Discussion

9	The Ghost Dance and the Peyote Church	Ch. 13,In the Hands of the Great Spirit	Typed Response and Discussion

10	Assimilation	Independent work on Final Projects	Discussion and Independent Work

11	Native American Activism	Video	Discussion and Independent projects

12	Final Presentation	Final Presentations	Final presentations and papers

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.

Participation Expectations

Full participation requires active and thoughtful engagement in class each week. The following habits and skills are important. You'll have the opportunity to self-assess and receive instructor feedback on each of these areas at the mid-point and the end of the semester.

Attend class regularly, on-time and for the full session

Complete all of the week's reading and assignments before the start of class

Listen to others attentively and with an open mind

Positively contribute to class discussions and activities

Ask questions and seek help when you need it

Challenge yourself to do your best work

Missing & Late Work Policy

CLASS ATTENDANCE-- We areAllrequired to be on time to each class. Being late is distracting and signals disrespect (whether you mean to or not). If you are late three times that will equal an unexcused absence and subsequent grade reduction. Multiple unexcused absences can result in you being dropped from the class.

LATE WORK--It is not possible to get credit for written work handed in after the week has closed. Written assignments that are turned in after the due date will be considered for partial credit (-3% per day), but will not be accepted beyond one week after the published deadline.

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Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:

CCV strives to mitigate barriers to course access for students with documented disabilities. To request accommodations, please

Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.

Academic Integrity

CCV has a commitment to honesty and excellence in academic work and expects the same from all students. Academic dishonesty, or cheating, can occur whenever you present -as your own work- something that you did not do. You can also be guilty of cheating if you help someone else cheat. Being unaware of what constitutes academic dishonesty (such as knowing what plagiarism is) does not absolve a student of the responsibility to be honest in his/her academic work. Academic dishonesty is taken very seriously and may lead to dismissal from the College.