Syllabus for Anthropology 482/582 Fall
Indians of the Southwest
Gerry
Waite BB311
765-285-3279
Department
of Anthropology
Ball
State
University
Course objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to
demonstrate
verbally and in writing:
A knowledge of the role of the Southwest in the prehistory of North
America.
An in-depth knowledge of the major cultural groups that currently
inhabit
the American Southwest.
An understanding of culture change as it applies to native groups in
the southwest, and an appreciation for the complexity of contemporary
problems
specific to that area.
Texts:
Trudy
Griffin-Pierce 2000. Native
Peoples of the Southwest.
Farrer, Claire R.
1996.
Thunder
Rides a Black Horse: Mescalaro Apaches and the Mythic Present. 2d
edition.
McCarty,
Teresa L. 2002. A Place to be Navajo: Rough Rock and the
Struggle
for Self-Determination in Indigenous Schooling. Lawwrence Erlbaum
Associates
Inc. Mahwah, NJ
Supplemental materials Sturtevant, William C. and Alfonso Ortiz
editors Handbook of North American Indians: Volume 9 & 10
Southwest.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (note: These
books are on reserve in Bracken and the Anthropology office-The
departmental
coordinator has a sign out sheet for the office copys and you may check
them out for overnight).
Grading: Students will be evaluated through:
a. Peer evaluation conducted during the semester.
100 points
b. A self evaluation form at the end of the semester.
50 points
c. An instructor evaluation at the end of the
semester.
50 points
d. A term paper
written during the semester and
presented in class.
100 points
The evaluation documents and paper project will be discussed and
assigned the second week of
class.
Class Meetings and Subjects:
Week 1: Introduction, an overview
of the prehistory
of the southwest. Culture and language groups of the
Southwest. Griffin Pierce 1-35
Week 2: Continuing with -the
Mogollon- Sinagua-Hohokam-Anasazi(basket-makers)-
Athabaskins in the Southwest. Movie "Chaco Legacy".
Week 3: In the canyons and the
mesas- starting
with
the Rio Grande Pueblo. language groups- geographic groups-distribution.
cultural aspects of the Kiva
people
Movie "Surviving Columbus" Griffin-Pierce 36-69
Week 4: . Zuni and the Hopi,
Possible guest lecturer Dr
Coffin.
Week 5: We will finish
the
Pueblo
with The Hopi Navajo land dispute. Film for this week is
"Trouble
on Big Mountain".
.
Week 6: The Navajo,
The "Dine" as you will hear them referred to many times from
here
on in. Griffin-Pierce 305-359, and Mccarty
Week 7: Skinwalkers
Week 8: Dine
cont'd. Discussion of McCarty. Education as enculturation/assimilation
Week 9 : We will start
the Apache
this week. Read Farrer, Griffin-Pierce
361-399.
Week 9: More on the Apache. The role of
ceremonialism in the maintainence of culture.
Week 10: Ranchera farmers Griffin-Pierce 159-233
Week 12, 13, 14
The Havasupai and Presentations Griffin-Pierce 263-279.
November 24: Happy Thanksgiving
Week 15 Finish presentations
December 14: Final