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NA129 - Native American Art and Artifacts: Cultural Interpretations |
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| Week 1: |
Analyze how tribes adapted to their
environment based on the types of artifacts found. Reading assignment: Coeur d'Alene (Schitsu'umsh). WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 2: | Evaluate how Rock
Art was used to record culture and history. Reading assignments: Jeffers Petroglyphs; The Nett Lake Petroglyph Site. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 3: | Identify the types
and uses of arrowheads. Reading assignment: Native American History in the Mississippi Headwaters Region. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 4: | Interpret the
meanings of wampum artifacts. Reading assignments: Historical Wampum; Wampum Belts as Objects; Changes: Wampum into Writing. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 5: | Describe the
basketry process. Reading and on-line museum assignments: Tree & Tradition; Round Twined Root-gathering Bag; Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 6: | Distinguish the
different bags and pouches and their applications. Reading and on-line museum assignments: Otter Pouch; Native American Bandolier Bags of the Prairies and Lakes. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 7: | Identify the distinct
clothing characteristics of tribal communities. Reading and on-line museum assignments: Painted Buffalo Robe; "Onion Dome" Knob-Top Whaling Chief's Hat; Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 8: | Explore the
development of utensils and food preservation. Reading and on-line museum assignments: review Native American History in the Mississippi Headwaters Region; Corn; Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Students are asked to fill out a Mid-Semester Course Feedback. | |
| Week 9: | Trace the origins
and subsequent uses of pottery. Reading assignment: A History of American Indian Pottery. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 10: | Determine the
importance of pipes and pipe bowls. Reading and on-line museum assignments: Calumet; view First American Art. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 11: | Demonstrate an
understanding of the significance of ethnology in preserving Native
American music and musical instruments. Reading assignment: Frances Densmore's 1935 lecture on Native American music. View the Song Catcher - Magic Lantern Show. WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 12: | Explore the
continued art effort of Native communities. Post an example of contemporary artwork to the WebBoard. |
| Week 13: | Explain the honor
given ancestors who have walked on. Read Chapter 7: "The Feast of the Dead" from "The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century" by Frances Parkman (1823-1893). WebBoard posting and report due. |
| Week 14: | Demonstrate an
understanding of repatriation. Post the status of your tribe regarding repatriation to the WebBoard. |
| Week 15: | Summarize the
individual characteristics and global similarities of the art and
artifacts of Native American communities. Submit 2-3 page Final Report. |
| Students are asked to fill out an End of Semester Course and Instructor Evaluation. | |