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CONCEPTUALIZING NATIVE PLACE
FALL QUARTER 2008
Lara Evans
(360) 867-6712
evansl@evergreen.edu
academic.evergreen.edu/e/evansl
Office: Sem II C2108
Hours: Tuesday, 9-10 am
Mailbox: Under door or in blue bin
Zoltán Grossman
(360) 867-6153
grossmaz@evergreen.edu
academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz
Office: Lab 1, Room 3012 (3rd fl.)
Hours: Monday, 3-4 pm
Mailbox: Lab 1 first floor (lower right)
This syllabus was prepared with care and will be modified only when necessary and unavoidable. Clarification regarding its provisions
will be verbally provided in class and modified on the program’s Moodle website: http://elms.evergreen.edu/
In accordance with federal and state law, it is the policy of The Evergreen State College that "…no otherwise qualified person with a disability shall, solely
on the basis of that disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination by any College
program or activity." Access Services for Students with Disabilities (http://www.evergreen.edu/access/) coordinates accommodations and services for all
students who are eligible. If students have a disability for which they wish to request accommodations, they are encouraged to contact Access Services as
soon as possible. The temporary location for Access Services is Seminar I Annex, Building F
(phone: 306-867-6348; 306-867-6834 [V/TTY]). Students are encouraged to contact faculty members privately concerning special needs that may affect their
performance in this program.
TYPICAL WEEKLY SCHEDULE
(Note: On some days, activities and room locations vary from those below. Check the full weekly schedule.)
Monday:
9:30 am – 12:00 pm SEM II A1107
Faculty / guest speaker presentations
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
SEM II B1107
Workshops / presentations
Tuesday:
10:00 am – 1:00 pm SEM II A1105
Film or presentation
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
SEM II D2107 (Lara)
Book Seminar
SEM II D2109 (Zoltán)
Wednesday:
10:00 am – 12:00 pm LIB 2708
Film or presentation
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
In this program, we will explore historical and contemporary relationships of Native North Americans to place, using art and geography in a crosscultural comparative analysis, and as “common ground” for strengthening intercultural communication. The unique status of indigenous nations can be
better understood by highlighting the centrality of territory in Native identity, and the strong indigenous connections to place. These connections can be
seen in numerous fields: art and material culture, Native national sovereignty, attachment to ceded treaty lands, the focus on traditional land use and
protection of sacred sites, environmental protection, sustainable planning, indigenous migration and symbolic mobility (through community practices
such as powwows and commemorative journeys).
All of these connections have been expressed artistically and geographically through traditional indigenous cartographies, artistic "mapping" of ideas
using contemporary art practices, and modern mapmaking techniques. Examination of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary ideas about land, place,
environment, and relationship to human cultures offers the opportunity to develop new conceptualizations for the meaning of place, self, and community.
We will examine how conceptions of land are disseminated through art and objects of material culture, informing our examination with geographic
studies and investigation into the sociopolitical uses of mapping. Students will discover differences and potential meeting points between Native and
Western cultural systems, identify differences within and among diverse tribal nations, and develop an understanding of indigenous peoples' ability to
define and set their own social, cultural, and spatial boundaries and interpretations. Students will develop greater awareness of indigenous cultures, but
also of aspects of culture that may be determined and protected by Native peoples themselves.
Fall quarter will introduce students to historical geographies and worldviews of Native North America, basic visual literacy skills in art, and basic
literacy in graphic representational systems for geographic data. In winter quarter, students will develop specialized projects relevant to geographic areas
of interest. In general, program activities will involve guest lectures, images and videos, workshops, readings and class discussions, quizzes and exams,
writing assignments, and presentations to compare and contrast our different geographical case studies. Students are expected to use critical thinking
skills in interpreting the readings, images, videos and lectures. Through field trips to Native communities in urban and reservation areas, and a
comparative examination of museums by or about Native peoples, students will be asked to engage directly with the questions and contentions
surrounding notions of place in Native America.
REQUIRED BOOKS (Available in Bookstore and on Library Closed Reserve):
Program resource: WALDMAN, Carl. (2000). Atlas of the North American Indian.
New York: Facts on Files, Inc. (ISBN 978-0-816-03975-3)
Week 1: BERGER, John. (1990). Ways of Seeing. London: BBC and Penguin. (ISBN 978-0-140-13515-2)
Week 2: WOOD, Denis. (1992). The Power of Maps. New York: Guilford Press. (ISBN 978-0-898-62493-9)
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Week 2: BERGER, Martin. (2005). Sight Unseen: Whiteness and American Visual Culture. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. (ISBN 0-520-24459-1)
Will be made available on Moodle as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.
Week 3: WARHUS, Mark. (1997). Another America: Native American Maps and the History of Our Land. New York: St. Martin’s Press. (ISBN 978-0312-18702-6) (Out-of-print, so not in bookstore; order from http://www.half.com or http://www.amazon.com )
Week 4: DELORIA, Philip. (1998). Playing Indian. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press.
(ISBN 978-0-300-08067-4)
Week 5: LADUKE, Winona. (2005). Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming. Boston: South End Press.(ISBN 978-0-896-08712-5)
Week 6: NOTTAGE, James H. (Ed.). (2008). Diversity and Dialogue: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, 2007. Seattle: Univ. of
Washington Press. (ISBN 978-0-295-98781-1)
Week 7: NMAI. (2007). Off the Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination. Washington, DC: National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).
(ISBN-13: 978-1-933565-08-8) Will be made available on Moodle as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.
Week 8: WILKINSON, Charles F. (2000). Messages from Franks Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way. Seattle: Univ. of
Washington Press. (ISBN 978-0-295-98593-0) (Out-of-print, not in bookstore; order at http://www.half.com or http://www.amazon.com )
Week 9: ARMSTRONG, Jeanette. (2004). Whispering in Shadows. Penticton, B.C.: Theytus Books. (ISBN 978-0-919-44199-6)
STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS
All assignments and presentations should be completed and turned in at the designated time unless there are dire circumstances. In such circumstances,
contact your faculty by email or phone as soon as you are aware of the problem. Fully detailed assignment descriptions are also available as a separate
document and are on Moodle under Assignment Descriptions. See syllabus and Assignment Descriptions for specific due dates.
1. Reading Response Papers are due to be posted online to Moodle by the time that seminar begins. You must also print out the one-page paper to
bring to the seminar session.
2. Post-Seminar Reflections are short writings to be posted on Moodle in reply to other Students’ Response Papers by 5pm Friday.
3. Quizzes. There will be four quizzes during Fall quarter.
4. Terminology Forum Postings are weekly Moodle postings that define 3 new terms/concepts from the text.
5. Research project: Part I is due Week 6 and is in the for of a research paper. Part II is Weeks 9-10 and takes the form of a presentation (with images)
to the class.
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
Sep. 29 – Oct. 1
Art & Culture
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-12 pm
2-4 pm
Wednesday
10 am- 12 pm
LIB 2708
In-class
Activities
Faculty introductions; Syllabus and
Covenant review.
Introduction to Indian Country (Z)
Cultural Appropriation;
Guest speaker: Erin Genia
(Sisseton/Wahpeton Dakota artist)
Moodle Training (Z seminar)
Go to Computer Center
Moodle Training (L seminar)
Go to Computer Center
SEMINAR: J. BERGER
(all class)
WEEK 2
Oct. 6-8
Geography
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm, Sem II,
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
Wednesday
10 am- 12 pm
LIB 2708
In-class
Activities
Readings
Program Syllabus
Seminar Introduction Form
Smith, “For All Those Who
Were Indian in a Former Life”
(read handout at lunch)
Moodle Assignment: Terminology Forum J. Berger
Ways of Seeing
Readings
Geography (Z);
Landscape painting; Taking notes on art (L)
Finding Maps and Artworks Online (Z&L)
Mapping (Z);
Mental maps; U.S. regions map;
Native nations
Cultural Areas ecology (Z) and
art styles (L)
1) Moodle Assignment: Terminology Forum by 10am Weds.
2) Submit Reading Response Paper to Moodle by 10am Weds.
1) Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to class.
2) Post-Seminar Reflections due on Moodle by 5pm Friday.
Assignments
Terminology Forum due on Moodle by 10am Tuesday (choose
only one seminar text)
1) Post Reading Response Paper about Sight Unseen to Moodle
by 10 am Tuesday
2) Study for Wednesday’s Quiz
Select Case Study Nation by this date
SEMINAR:
M. BERGER
Sight Unseen Intro & Chpt 2
(PDF Reading on Moodle)
QUIZ I: Native Nations map;
SEMINAR: WOOD (all class)
Power of Maps
(Intro, Ch. 1, 2, 4, 7)
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Assignments
1) Bring printout of Reading Response Paper on Sight Unseen to
class.
2) Submit Reading Response Paper about Power of Maps to
Moodle by 10am Wednesday
Submit Post-Seminar Reflections about Sight Unseen and Power
of Maps on Moodle by 5pm Friday.
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WEEK 3
Oct. 13-15
Encounters
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm, Sem II
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
Wednesday
9 am-1 pm
WEEK 4
Oct. 20-22
Exchanges
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm, Sem II
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
4:00-5:30
Location TBA
Wednesday
10 am- 12 pm
LIB 2708
In-class
Activities
Manifest Destiny and Overseas Expansion
(Z); we will be joined by “Decolonizing the
Mind” program
Early Encounters (Z); Sublime (L)
Native Maps (Z);
Architecture mapping I (L);
Film excerpt: In the Light of Reverence
SEMINAR: WARHUS
FIELD TRIP: SQUAXIN ISLAND
MUSEUM & DIG
In-class
Activities
Readings
Basic Call to Consciousness
(Akwesasne Notes) link on
Moodle
Revitalizing Native Traditions (Z);
Arts and Crafts (L)
Film: Nora Naranjo-Morse
SEMINAR II: DELORIA
Terminology Forum due on Moodle by 10am Tuesday
Submit Reading Response Paper to Moodle by 10am Tuesday
Another America
(Intro, Ch. 1, 4, 5)
Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Seminar
Squaxin Island handouts
Meet at 9 am sharp in Parking Lot C;
1) Field trip Response (on Moodle by Friday 4 pm)
2) Post-Seminar Reflections due on Moodle by 5pm Friday.
Readings
Early 19th-c. Removals and Migrations (Z);
Architecture mapping II (L)
SEMINAR I: DELORIA
(all class)
Assignments
Assignments
Submit Reading Response Paper (Chpt 1-3) to Moodle by 10am
MONDAY (No Terminology Forum this week)
Playing Indian
(Introduction, Ch. 1-3)
1) Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Seminar
2) Submit Reading Response Paper (Chpt 4-6) to Moodle by
10am TUESDAY
Playing Indian (Ch. 4-6,
Conclusion)
Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Seminar
Public Artist’s Talk by Basia Irland
Study for Wednesday’s Quiz II
QUIZ II
Film:
LaDuke and Fixico case study chapters
handed out for next week; groups meet
Southern U.S. map and Cultural Areas recognition;
1) Post-Seminar Reflections (combined) due on Moodle by 5pm
Friday.
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WEEK 5
Oct. 27-29
In-class
Activities
Readings
Assignments
Environment
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:00-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm, Sem II
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
Wednesday
10 am- 12 pm
LIB 2708
1-3 pm
Faculty offices
Film: Homeland
Environmental Justice (Z);
1) Terminology Forum due on Moodle by 10am Tuesday
2) Sign up for 5th-week conference
Environmental themes in art (L);
Students work on group presentations
Film excerpt: In the Light of Reverence;
Sacred Areas (Z)
Submit Reading Response Paper to Moodle by 10am Tuesday
SEMINAR: LADUKE
Recovering the Sacred
Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Seminar
Group Project Presentations
(8 minutes for each 3-person presentation
on LaDuke and Fixico case study chapters)
Fifth-Week Conferences (optional, but a
good opportunity to discuss your project)
Handouts from LaDuke’s All
Our Relations or Fixico’s
Invasion of Indian Country
Group Projects Due in Class: Environmental reports on LaDuke &
Fixico chapters
WEEK 6
Nov. 3-5
In-class
Activities
Post-Seminar Reflections due on Moodle by 5pm Friday.
Readings
Assignments
Representation
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm, Sem II
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
Wednesday
Assimilation in Late 19th/Early 20th c. (Z);
Architecture in Plains & Plateau (L)
Indian Arts & Crafts Act workshop (L)
Autonomy in late 20th c. (Z)
Film: Mother Water (Navajo-Hopi coal)
Guest speaker: Frances Rains
SEMINAR: NOTTAGE
No Class Meeting – Major assignment due
instead!
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Terminology Forum due on Moodle by 10am Tuesday
1990 Indian Arts & Crafts Act
case study (Tina Kuckkahn)
Submit Reading Response Paper to Moodle by 10am TUESDAY
Diversity and Dialogue
Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Seminar
1) CASE STUDY PAPER DUE 12 NOON
2) Post-Seminar Reflections are NOT due this week.
3) Study for Monday’s Quiz III over the weekend.
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WEEK 7
Nov. 10-12
In-class
Activities
Readings
Assignments
Art & SelfDetermination
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Political Sovereignty (Z);
Art institutions and Native sovereignty (L)
Terminology Forum due on Moodle by 10 pm Monday.
QUIZ III
James Luna performance video
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm, Sem II
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
Wednesday
10 am- 12 pm
LIB 2708
FIELD TRIP: SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
S’abadeb-The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish
Art and Artists
QUIZ III: Northern U.S. map and Cultural Areas recognition .
Submit Reading Response Paper on Off the Map to Moodle by
10 pm Monday Night
Meet at 9 am sharp in Parking Lot C; we will return by 4 pm.
Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Field trip.
NMAI’s Off the Map
Guest speakers from TESC Longhouse;
documentaries
WEEK 8
Nov. 17-19
In-class
Activities
1) Field trip Response (on Moodle by Friday 5 pm)
2) Post-Seminar Reflections are NOT due this week.
Readings
Assignments
Treaty Rights
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm, Sem II
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
Wednesday
Treaty rights overview (Z);
Film: Lighting the 7th Fire
Terminology Forum due on Moodle by 10am Tuesday
ArtStor (L)
Study for Tuesday’s Quiz IV
QUIZ IV , Treaty rights in Washington (Z);
Film: As Long as the Rivers Run
Submit Reading Response Paper to Moodle by 10am TUESDAY
QUIZ IV: Western Washington reservations map
SEMINAR: WILKINSON
No Class Today- Work on
presentations
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Messages from Frank’s Landing
Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Seminar
Post-Seminar Reflections due on Moodle by 5pm Friday.
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WEEK 9
Dec. 1-3
In-class
Activities
Readings
Assignments
Canada
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
Nationalism in Canada (Z);
Film: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
2-4 pm, Sem II
D2107 (L)
D2109 (Z)
Wednesday
10 am- 12 pm
LIB 2708
SEMINAR: ARMSTRONG
WEEK 10
Dec. 8-10
In-class
Activities
Terminology Forum is NOT due this week. Do the reading,
work on your presentation.
Film: Kanehsatake
Oka in art (L);
Unlikely Alliances (Z)
Student Presentations
Submit Reading Response Paper to Moodle by 10am TUESDAY
Whispering in Shadows
Bring printout of Reading Response Paper to Seminar
Post-Seminar Reflections are NOT due this week. Work on your
presentation, begin assembling your portfolio.
Student Presentations
Readings
Assignments
Presentations
Monday
9:30 am-12 pm
Sem II A1107
1:30-3 pm
Sem II B1107
Tuesday
10 am-1 pm
Sem II A1105
2-4 pm,
ROOM TBA
Wednesday
10 am- 1 pm
LIB 2708
Student presentations
Student presentations
Student presentations
Student presentations
Student presentations and potluck
PORTFOLIOS DUE BY 4:00 pm
EVALUATIONS
Evaluation conferences will be tentatively on Monday, Dec. 15 and Tuesday, Dec. 16.
You should bring your self-evaluation for review and the evaluation of faculty member. It will be your choice whether or not to submit your self-evaluation to the
registrar to be included in your transcripts. Feel free to drop off a copy of your evaluation of faculty member with the program secretary (SEM II A2117), if you are
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uncomfortable submitting it directly to the faculty member. Talk with the faculty member about scheduling evaluation conferences before making any plans to leave for
the holidays.
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