Legacy Course Catalog
ENGL 657B - Early Native American Studies
| Effectivity: | 01/07/2008 - 05/03/2008 @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr |
| Short Title: | Early Nativ Am Studies |
| Description: | This graduate seminar is being offered in conjunction with the April 3-5, 2008 meeting, "Prophetstown Revisited," sponsored by the Society for Early Americanists, which will be held at Purdue. The course will be focused on Native American Studies in New England and the Midwest to 1840. Given the Prophetstown connection, readings will be centered on Native places/spaces, such as Natick, Massachusetts--the first "praying Indian town" established in 1650, Brotherton, New York, founded in 1785; and Prophetstown, organized in 1808. Our emphasis will be on Native texts produced during the colonial period and some texts authored by non-Natives that have been important in the representation of Indians or Indian places. Readings will also include new approaches to or theories of Native studies. Students will have the opportunity to work for the Prophetstown summit by serving as research assistants to workshop. These sessions will address topics ranging from teaching early Native materials, to making new Native texts accessible, to Academic-Tribal collaborations, to the legacy of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act for indigenous communities. RAs will serve as local liaisons for the workshop facilitators and assist with follow up after the meeting. We will develop formats for the critical writing component of each RA assignment (needed for course credit) in response to each workshop's particular themes and goals. Students who do not choose to work directly with the conference will write a traditional seminar research paper of 25-40 pages. For more information, contact me at kbross@purdue.edu |
| School: | College Of Liberal Arts |
| Department: | English |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | YES |
| Temporary Flag: | YES |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
