Courses
Course Descriptions
ANTH 009. Native American Art.
(4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours.
Prerequisite(s): none. This course is a comparative introduction
to the material culture and art of Native North America. It
will investigate architecture, dress, sculpture and other
material objects in the context of divergent pre-Columbian
and modern aesthetics and belief systems. Cross-listed with
AHS 009.
ANTH 111. Peopling
of the New World. (4) Lecture, three hours; outside
research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Consideration of the archaeological,
biological, linguistic, and dating evidence documenting the
nature and timing of the earliest occupation of the Western
Hemisphere by human populations.
ANTH 115E. North American
Prehistory. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Pre-requisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent
of instructor. Interpretation of the archaeological record
of North America from initial peopling of the continent to
the historic period.
ANTH 115M. Prehistory of California.
(4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent of instructor.
A survey of prehistoric cultures of California from the earliest
settlement to the historic period.
ANTH 115T. Prehistory of the
Southwest. (4) Lecture, three hours; outside research,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 or consent
of instructor. A survey of prehistoric cultures of the American
Southwest from earliest settlement to the historic period.
ANTH 115Q. Great Basin Culture
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Pre-requisite(s): ANTH 003 or ANTH 005 and either
upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Prehistory
and ethnography of the Great Basin. Topics include the earliest
dated archaeological Lithic-stage manifestations, regional
and temporal expressions of the Western Archaic, Formative
Anasazi and Fremont developments, and the Numic peoples. Emphasis
will be on technology and cultural ecology.
ANTH 140E. Ethnology of the
Greater Southwest. (4) Lecture, three hours; outside
research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or con-sent of instructor. An introduction to the many varied
native cultures of the Greater Southwest. Major differences
as well as similarities in the forms of language, social organization,
religion, and material culture occurring in the Greater Southwest
will be defined and described. The peoples of the Greater
Southwest are considered, not only in terms of the ethnographic
pre-sent, but also through a diachronic perspective, from
the prehistoric past through the Spanish colonial era to the
present.
DNCE 075A. Beginning World
Dance Forms. (2) Studio, three hours; screening,
one hour; individual study, one hour; extra reading, one hour.
Prerequisite(s): none. Traditional ethnic dances at the beginning
level. Focus is on a specific cultural region each quarter.
Outside-of-class assignments include attending dance concerts,
viewing dance videos, and regular individual practice sessions.
Recommended for nondancers and dancers. Normally graded Satisfactory
(S) or No Credit (NC), but students may petition the instructor
for a letter grade on the basis of assigned extra work or
examination. Course is repeatable.
DNCE 075B. Intermediate World
Dance Forms. (2) Studio, three hours; screening,
one hour; individual study, one hour; extra reading, one hour.
Prerequisite(s): DNCE 075A recommended. Traditional ethnic
dances at the intermediate level. Focus is on a specific cultural
region each quarter. Outside-of-class assignments include
attending dance concerts, viewing dance videos, and regular
individual practice sessions. Recommended for nondancers and
dancers. Normally graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC),
but students may petition the instructor for a letter grade
on the basis of assigned extra work or examination. Course
is repeatable.
DNCE 130. Cross-Cultural Perspectives
on Dance. (4) Lecture, two hours; discussion, one
hour; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division
standing or consent of instructor. With a view to understanding
dance from a global perspective, course will survey anthropological
writings on dance traditions found around the world. Topics
covered include dance as an expression of social organization
and social change, dance as a religious experience, and dance
as play/sport. Cross-listed with ANTH 130.
DNCE 254. Political Approaches
to Dance Studies. (4) Seminar, three hours; consultation,
one hour. Prerequisite(s): reading knowledge of a language
other than English; working knowledge of notation; graduate
standing or consent of instructor. The study of power relations
reflected in and enacted by dance practice and performance.
Topics include nation formation, imperialism, race, commodification,
globalization, economic and class relations, gender, and political
affiliation and resistance.
DNCE 258. Cultural Approaches
to Dance Studies. (4) Seminar, three hours; consultation,
one hour. Prerequisite(s): reading knowledge of a language
other than English; graduate standing or consent of instructor.
The study of dance in and across cultures including cross-cultural
studies of dance; multicultural approaches to dance history;
ethnological, ethnographic, and cultural studies approaches
to dance analysis; and analysis of the different roles and
functions dance plays in cultural systems.
ENGL 278. Seminar in Minority Discourse. (4)
Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s):
graduate standing or consent of instructor. Intensive study
and research in cultural traditions formerly excluded from
literary history, such as African American, Asian American,
Chicano, and Native American. Cross-cultural studies in the
representations of such marginalized groups. Topics may include
the African American novel; border culture; nineteenth-century
Black bodies; oral history and literature. Course is repeatable
as content changes.
ETST 007. Introduction to Native
American Studies in Comparative Perspective. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. This course provides
an overview of the Native American experience in the United
States from antiquity to the present. The Native American
experience is compared and contrasted with the experiences
of the dominant society and those of other racial and ethnic
groups. Fulfills either the Humanities or the Social Sciences
requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social
Sciences, but not both.
ETST 007H. Honors Introduction
to Native American Studies in Comparative Perspective. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s):
admission to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor.
Honors course corresponding to ETST 007. Provides an overview
of the Native American experience in the United States from
antiquity to the pre-sent. Compares and contrasts the Native
American experience with the experiences of the dominant society
and those of other racial and ethnic groups. Satisfactory
(S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is
awarded for only one of ETST 007 or ETST 007H. Fulfills the
Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 115 (E-Z). Topics in Native
American History. (4) Lecture, three hours; individual
study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Selected topics addressing the issues
of the Native American. Includes reading, research, and discussion
on the Native American experience. F. Early America: Emerging
Interpretations. Cross-listed with HISA 144 (E-Z). See the
Student Affairs Office in the College of Humanities, Arts,
and Social Sciences for breadth requirement information.
ETST 116. Disease, Death, and
Survival in the Native American Experience. (4) Lecture,
three hours; term paper, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division
standing or consent of instructor. Examines selected topics
focusing on disease, death, and survival among Native Americans.
Traditional native beliefs about death, dying, mourning, afterlife,
and disease causation are examined. Central to the course
is an analysis of epidemiological transitions among Native
Americans, the infection of native peoples by European diseases
during the ages of pestilence and famine, and major shifts
in native health, particularly during the twentieth century.
Credit is awarded for only one of ETST 116 or HISA 147. Fulfills
the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 119.The Black Indian Experience:
African Americans and Native Americans. (4) Lecture,
three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s):
upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Investigates
growth and evolution of the relationship between African Americans
and Native Americans. Focuses on selected Native American
nations and their relationship with transplanted Africans,
blended communities of blacks and Indians, the process of
transculturalization, black Indians as outlaws, and blacks
and Indians in a modern educational experiment. Fulfills the
Social Science requirement of the College of Humanities, Arts,
and Social Sciences.
ETST 120. Contemporary Native
American Literature. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra
reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Study of representative works of
fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the 1960s to the present.
Emphasis upon the works of Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, N. Scott
Momaday, Simon Ortiz, Leslie Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and James
Welch, among others. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for
the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 157. Native American Diaspora.
(4) Lecture, three hours; term paper, three hours.
Prerequisite(s): ETST 007, upper-division standing; or consent
of instructor. Analyzes historical Native American migrations.
Explores involuntary Native American diaspora throughout America
forced by interaction with Spanish, French, Dutch, and English
colonists. Examines nineteenth- and twentieth-century reservations
and forced and voluntary removals and relocations. Fulfills
the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 158. Roots of American
Indian Tradition. (4) Lecture, three hours; term
paper, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Analyzes selected spiritual beliefs
of America’s native peoples. Examines sacred beliefs,
oral histories, ceremonies, customs, and the historical significance
of selected tribes and bands. Explores the conditions and
forces which shaped American Indians and influence them today.
Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 180. California Indian
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Provides students with a broad understanding
of the rich and varied heritage and history of California
Indians from the invasion of the Spanish to the twentieth
century. Examines geographically and culturally diverse groups
as a means of illustrating the various Euro-American Indian
policies that affected native Californians. Course is comparative
and thematic. Cross-listed with HISA 140. Fulfills the Humanities
requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social
Sciences.
ETST 181. Southwestern Indian
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Presents a historical examination of selected
Native American groups in the Southwest. Examines the relationship
of Southwestern Indians to the Spanish, Mexican, and United
States governments. Focuses on Quechans, Tohono O’Odom,
Yavapai, Chiracahuas, Navajos, Zunis, Hopis, Comanches, and
selected Pueblos along the Rio Grande. Cross-listed with HISA
141. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 182. Northwestern Indian
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Examines selected aspects of Northwestern Indian
History, from approximately the 1750s to the twentieth century.
Deals with several native groups along the Northwest coast
from Alaska to Oregon. Compares policies of the Russian, Spanish,
English, and United States governments. Particular emphasis
on the 1850s when the U.S. negotiated a number of treaties
with Native Americans in the Washing-ton and Oregon territories.
Cross-listed with HISA 142. Fulfills the Humanities requirement
for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 183. Native American Oral
Literature. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 007; upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Comparative examination of Native
American oral literature of tribes in the United States, Canada,
and Mexico. Enhances the student’s understanding of
Native American language, literature, drama, geography, geology,
biology, history, and culture. Cross-listed with HISA 143.
Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 184.American Indian Policy
in the Twentieth Century. (4) Lecture, three hours;
consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or con-sent of instructor. This course will begin with the
end of the treaty-making period and the point in time that
the United States emerged as a colonial power (1871). The
history of the relationship between the United States government
and the American Indian tribes from the year 1871 to 1988
will be presented phase by phase. In addition, it will explore
the position and role of the American Indian during the last
twenty years. Fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for
the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
ETST 185. Native American Law.
(4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours.
Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Emphasis on traditional law, civil and criminal rights, water
rights, First Amendment religious freedom, and gaming on reservations.
Fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for the College of
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
HIST 034. Introduction to Native
American Culture and Religion. (4) Lecture, three
hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary study of contemporary
and historic Native American efforts to resist colonialism,
with a strong emphasis on land matters, identity issues, and
religious forms. Promotes critical reflection on historic
and contemporary culture and politics. Cross-listed with RLST
024.
HIST 035. History of North
American Indians, 1491-1799. (4) Lecture, three hours;
discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Examines North
American Indian history from 1491 through Handsome Lake’s
Revitalization Movement, highlighting the experiences of selected
Native groups during the colonial era. Special attention is
given to the importance of Native American perspectives of
historical issues and events.
HIST 036. History of North
American Indians, 1800-1899. (4) Lecture, three hours;
discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Examines North
American Indian history during the nineteenth century from
Jefferson’s administration to McKinley’s administration.
Explores government policies, native agency, and the interface
of multiple cultures. Emphasizes Native American historical
interpretations.
HIST 037. History of North
American Indians, 1900-Present. (4) Lecture, three
hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Examines
North American Indian history during the twentieth century
and early twenty-first century. Topics include allotment,
the Indian New Deal, World War II, termination, self-determination,
and tribal sovereignty. Students read original documents,
study new interpretations, and learn about contemporary Native
people.
HIST 203A. Materials for Native
American History: Early America, Fifteenth through Eighteenth
Centuries. (4) Lecture, three hours; individual study,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent
of instructor. Introduces students to the central historical
problems, historiographical debates, and theoretical approaches
to the study of Native American history in the fifteenth through
the eighteenth centuries.
HIST 203B. Materials for Native
American History: Nineteenth Century. (4) Lecture,
three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s):
graduate standing or consent of instructor. Introduces students
to the central historical problems, historiographical debates,
and theoretical approaches to the study of Native American
History in the nineteenth century.
HIST 203C. Materials for Native
American History: Twentieth Century. (4) Lecture,
three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s):
graduate standing or consent of instructor. Introduces students
to the central historical problems, historiographical debates,
and theoretical approaches to the study of Native American
history in the twentieth century.
HIST 237.Theory and the Study
of Native American History. (4) Seminar, three hours;
extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing
or consent of instructor. An examination of salient theoretical
issues raised by Native American history. Critiques theoretical
approaches and assumptions currently shaping Native American
history and assays the potential contributions to Native American
history of theoretical approaches developed in other fields
of concentration.
HIST 276A. Seminar in Native
American History. (4) Seminar, three hours; outside
research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing
or consent of instructor. An examination of Native American
historical research, exploring philosophy, methodology, historiography,
and sources relative to American Indians. Students study a
variety of sources and documents, compile an annotated bibliography,
conceptualize and design a research project, and begin work
on an original historical paper. Graded In Progress (IP) until
HIST 276A and HIST 276B are completed, at which time a final
grade is assigned. After completing both HIST 276A and HIST
276B, students may repeat the sequence once for credit; total
credit for each course may not exceed 8 units.
HIST 276B. Seminar in Native
American History. (4) Seminar, three hours; outside
research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing
or consent of instructor; HIST 276A. A continuation of HIST
276A. Students conduct research on the topics selected in
HIST 276A. Additional readings may be assigned at the discretion
of the instructor. At the term’s end, students present
their findings through an original historical research paper.
Instructors may also assign oral presentations of research
findings. After completing both HIST 276A and HIST 276B, students
may repeat the sequence once for credit; total credit for
each course may not exceed 8 units.
HISA 140. California Indian
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Provides students with a broad understanding
of the rich and varied heritage and history of California
Indians from the invasion of the Spanish to the twentieth
century. Examines geographically and culturally diverse groups
as a means of illustrating the various Euro-American Indian
policies that affected native Californians. Course is comparative
and thematic. Cross-listed with ETST 180.
HISA 141. Southwestern Indian
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Presents a historical examination of selected
Native American groups in the Southwest. Examines the relationship
of Southwestern Indians to the Spanish, Mexican, and United
States governments. Focuses on Quechans, Tohono O’Odom,
Yavapai, Chiracahuas, Navajos, Zunis, Hopis, Comanches, and
selected Pueblos along the Rio Grande. Cross-listed with ETST
181.
HISA 142. Northwestern Indian
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Examines selected aspects of Northwestern Indian
History, from approximately the 1750s to the twentieth century.
Deals with several native groups along the Northwest coast
from Alaska to Oregon. Compares policies of the Russian, Spanish,
English, and United States governments. Particular emphasis
on the 1850s when the U.S. negotiated a number of treaties
with Native Americans in the Washington and Oregon territories.
Cross-listed with ETST 182.
HISA 143. Native American Oral
Literature. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 007; upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Comparative examination of Native
American oral literature of tribes in the United States, Canada,
and Mexico. Enhances the student’s understanding of
Native American language, literature, drama, geography, geology,
biology, history, and culture. Cross-listed with ETST 183.
HISA 144 (E-Z). Topics in Native
American History. (4) Lecture, three hours; individual
study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Selected topics addressing the issues
of the Native American. Includes reading, research, and discussion
on the Native American experience. F. Early America: Emerging
Interpretations. Cross-listed with ETST 115 (E-Z).
HISA 145. Southeastern Indian
History. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. A historical examination of selected Native
American groups in the Southeast from precontact to the present.
Examines the relationship of Southeastern Indians to Europeans
and Africans, various colonial powers, and the U.S. govern-ment.
Considers cultural change, creativity, and continuity in the
context of trade, contact, and colonialism.
HISA 146. History of Native
American Women. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Examines selected important aspects of the
lives of Native North American women, including their political,
economic, and religious participation in their societies.
Further traces historic changes in Native women's lives as
a result of the colonization of the New World and examines
the complex imagery of Native women that developed from colonial
contact. Cross-listed with WMST 146.
HISA 147. Medicine Ways of
Native Americans. (4) Lecture, three hours; term
paper, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing
or consent of instructor. Explores the medical history of
Native Americans. Focuses on traditional Native American medicine
and the ways in which Western diseases, medical practices,
health care, and policies influenced American Indian health.
Topics include medicine people, rituals, ceremonies, smallpox,
measles, influenza, anomie, accidents, diabetes, suicides,
mental illness, and murders. Credit is awarded for only one
of ETST 116 or HISA 147.
RLST 024. Introduction to Native
American Culture and Religion. (4) Lecture, three
hours; discussion, one hour. Interdisciplinary study of contemporary
and historic Native American efforts to resist colonial-ism,
with a strong emphasis on land matters, identity issues, and
religious forms. Promotes critical reflection on historic
and contemporary culture and politics. Cross-listed with HIST
034.
RLST 164. Native American Religions.
(4) Lecture, three hours; outside research, three
hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor. Examines scholarly approaches to the study
of Native American religions and important dimensions of the
religious traditions of diverse Native American communities
(Muskogees, Koyukon, Lakotas, Apaches, and others). Themes
addressed include responses to historical change, ecological
worldviews, moral systems, and the arts. the communication
of “religious” meaning. Cross-listed with WRLT
178.
WMST 146. History of Native
American Women. (4) Lecture, three hours; extra reading,
three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent
of instructor Examines selected important aspects of the lives
of Native North American women, including their political,
economic, and religious participation in their societies.
Further traces historic changes in Native women's lives as
a result of the colonization of the New World and examines
the complex imagery of Native women that developed from colonial
contact. Cross-listed with HISA 146.
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