History 369: History of American Indians

Dr. Thomas R. Maddux Office--Sierra Tower 602 Office Hours: MW 10-11 TBA Telephone: 677-5450, 3566 Course Web Page: http://www.csun.edu/~vchis009/menu.html E-mail: thomas.maddux@csun.edu [Course Objectives] [General Education Information] [Required Reading] [Exams] [Extra Credit Project] [Course Outline] Course Objectives History 369 attempts to explore three related areas: the origins and nature of Native American societies from their origins to the present; the interaction of Indian societies with respect to trade, conflicts, migrations, culture, and pan-Indian movements from prehistory to the present; the interaction of Indian societies with Europeans and the United States from the 15th century to the present. General Education Section F3: Comparative Cultural Studies History 369 satisfies Section F3 for all but history majors. If you hold junior status by the end of this semester, this course may satisfy 3 of the 9 upper-division GE units required by CSUN. History 369 relates to the goals of F3 Intra-National Cross-Cultural Studies by focusing on the essential and distinctive features of Native American societies; by promoting appreciation for and critical thinking about interactions among Native Americans and other groups in an evolving American society with special attention to California; and by exploring the changing role of Native American women and their relationship with American women in general. Required Reading The required reading for the course is listed below. The books are available in paperback at the bookstore. Welch, James, Fools Crow Albert L. Hurtado and Peter Iverson, eds., Majors Problems in American Indian History Course Materials Exams There will be a midterm exam at the end of Section III and a final exam. The exams will be essay in nature and the essays will cover the lectures, videos, readings and discussions. The final exam will be similar in structure. The essay questions will focus on the major themes of the course. Make-up exams will be given only under extraordinary circumstances and if the instructor is consulted before or immediately after the exam. Each exam will count for approximately 50% of the final grade. Participation in discussion will be considered in the final evaluation. Web Course Page Requirements History 369 is one of the World Wide Web course page projects at CSUN this semester. All students enrolled in the class are required to complete the requirements. The purpose of the web course page is to enhance the learning experience by offering a new method of communication within the class and by introducing students to new research techniques through Internet that will faciliate learning in all areas. No prior computer knowledge is required and students do not need to own a computer. There are many student computer workrooms that may be used as well as a special Computer Skills Lab in Engineering Field 66A with step by step guides and student staff to help you learn Email and Netscape on the Internvet. Special handouts will be provided to the class. The specific requirements include: Obtain a CSUN Computer Account if you don't already have one. Email a message to the instructor at thomas.maddux@email.csun.edu in which you identify your name and your new CSUN account I.D. Subscribe to the course list serv discussion group by sending an email message to majordomo@csun.edu after the "To" in the address field of your message. Then as the top line of your message write: subscribe history369-c. Then send the message. After the students subscribe to the list serv, a message sent to history369-c will be sent to all subscribers to the list. Prepare an introduction of your self for the class and send it to history369-c. Some of the topics you could mention include major, previous education, previous exposure to the subject of the class, reasons for taking the course, and special areas of interest with respect to American Indians. After you learn how to access the world wide web with Netscape or some other software, visit the History 369 web site at the following address: http://www.csun.edu/ ~vchis009/menu.html. You should then use the internet resrouces at the web site to visit another web site related to American Indians. Please save the address for this web site, the url similar to the address for History 369 and submit a report to the 369 list serv in which you provide the web site address and a description of the site you visited on American Indians. Extra Credit Project You may receive an extra credit of 10% toward your final grade by completing a report on some aspect of Native American societies and the course objectives. There are a number of possibilities including but not limited to an evaluation of additional reading; a field visit to the special exhibit at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage on "Inventing Custer: Legends of the Little Bighorn", the Southwest Museum, a Spanish mission, or an Indian center such as the Chumash Center at Oakbrook Park or the Rancho Sierra Vista Satwiwa site; an assessment of Hollywood depictions of Native Americans such as a comparison of two film versions of "The Last of the Mohicans" or a comparison of several films on the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. The project should be discussed with the instructor before you start it and a written evaluation must be completed. Course Outline Origins of Native American Societies Fools Crow, 3-50 Major Problems: 2-22 Encounters of Indians and Europeans Fools Crow, 59-125 Major Problems: 45-50, 83-95, Bruce Trigger, "Early Native North American Responses to European Contact," 51-65, and James H. Merrell, "The Indians' New World: The Catawba Experience," 65-81, and Henry Warner Bowden, "Spanish Missions, Cultural Conflict and the Pueblo Revolt of 1680", 96-104, James P. Ronda, "Generations of Faith: The Christian Indians of Martha's Vineyard", 117-136. Imperial Conflict in the 18th Century Fools Crow, 129-202 Major Problems: 139-146, Arthur J. Ray, "The Fur Trade as an Aspect of Native American History", 147-156, Sylvia Van Kirk, "The Role of Native American Women in Fur Trade Society", 156-162, and Francis Jennings, "The Indian's Revolution", 171-185. U.S. and Indian Societies, 1790-1865 Fools Crow, 207-284 Handout: Alvin Josephy on Tecumseh Major Problems: 165-171, 206-210, Daniel H. Usner, "American Indians on the Cotton Frontier," 185-196, R. David Edmunds, "American History, Tecumseh, and the Shawnee Prophet," 196-204, and Francis Paul Prucha, "Andrew Jackson's Indian Policy: A Reassessment," 211-219 and Mary Young, "The Cherokee Nation: Mirror of the Republic," 219-233. Western Indians and Reservations, 1848-1914 Fools Crow, 289-391 Major Problems: 235-242, 286-297, 328-330, 370-377, Richard White, "The Winning of the West: The Expansion of the Western Sioux in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," 243-257", and Albert Hurtado, "Indian and White Households on the California Frontier, 1860", 297-315, and Raymond J. DeMallie, "Touching the Pen: Plains Indian Treaty Councils in Ethnohistorical Perspective," 344-355, Robert M. Utley, "Wars of the Peace Policy, 1869-1886", 355-368, Robert A. Trennert, "Educating Indian Girls and Women at Nonreservation Boarding Schools, 1878-1920", 381-391, Melissa L. Meyer, "Dispossession and the White Earth Anishinaabeg, 1889-1920", 391-403. 20th Century Indian Reform Major Problems: 443-462, 487-496, Lawrence C. Kelly, "The Indian Reorganization Act: The Dream and the Reality," 463-474, D'Arcy McNickle, "The Indian New Deal as Mirror of the Future", 474-481, and Alison R. Bernstein, "The Indian Home Front During World War II," 496-506, Donald L. Fixico, "The Relocation and Urbanization of American Indians," 506-517, Self Determination since 1960 Course Materials: News articles and Roger L. Nichols, "Indians in the Post-Termination Era" Major Problems: 520-544, Marjane Ambler, "The Importance of Economic Development on the Reservation," 545-557, and Charles Roberts, "A Choctaw Odyssey: The Life of Lesa Phillip Roberts," 557-569.