| FIRST SESSION
What is an Indian? A California Indian?
Where do they live? How do they Communicate? What are their life ways?
(Home, health, work) Where do they come from? How do they deal with the
mystery of the unknown? We need to be of one mind that we are not attempting
directly or by any hidden agenda assigning any kind of "collective guilt"
to the non-Indian population as regards what has happened in the past.
However, we all have a responsibility to acknowledge past miss-education
and the misdirected of romantic mythology and stereotypical mass media
to fill the vacuum so created. And of course recognize our present challenges
and future responsibilities. Finally, Recognizing this courage of enduring
California tribal peoples is truly one of the most empowering and motivational
of life, history, and cultures lessons
Course requirements and goals:
A series of tests, journal submissions and the final examination
will evaluate performance
in the course. Also, rather than a term paper, we will
maintain a Journal of the course. Basically, it is
a summation of the context of the course experience and it is a record
of your subjective emotive
responses to: objects, cultures, and individuals.
For a starting list of what to include:
A. Class impressions: lectures, films, discussions
B. Outside of class resources (periodicals, news articles, flyers,
art shows, pow wows, etc.).
Outside of class assignments: museums, art
shows, tours of sites.
C. Material as may be developed in a special project (see instructor).
READING ASSIGNMENT: The Natural World of the California Indians;
Heizer & Elsamer,
Appendix 1-3; pp 239-258, Chapter 1; pp 1-10, Chapter 7; pp 158-184.
Native Americans of California and Nevada Jack
Forbes, Preface Chapter 1; pp.7-16, also Chapter 5 pp. 156-164, note. history
chart and appendix pp 215-231; selected handouts
SECOND SESSION & THIRD SESSION
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NATIVE PEOPLE AND HERITAGE
The Earliest Times 12,000 B.C or more...much more?
Growth and Differentiation of the Early Cultures
The Forming of the Native Peoples of California
2000 BC -A D 1500
READING ASSIGNMENT: The Natural World of the California
Indians'
Chapter 1; pp 11-27,
Chapter 8; pp 185-201. Native Americans of California and Nevada;
Jack Forbes,
pp 16-21 & pp. 164-179, selected topics |
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FOURTH SESSION
The Domain of the non-Mission Indian
The BANDS and the Mission Indian Tribelets WORLD VIEW
A Time of Survival, GROWTH, Regeneration
READING ASSIGNMENT: The Natural World of the California Indians: Chapter
2, pp 28-30 & 47-56, Chapter 9, pp 202-220. Native Americans of
California and Nevada: Jack Forbes, pp 32-37, pp 171-179, selected
handouts. |
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FIFTH SESSION
ECOLOGICAL TYFES OF INDIAN CULTURES - CALIFORNIA NUTS AND CRUNCHES
READING ASSIGNMENT: The Natural World of the
California Indians: chapter 2; pp
Chapter 3, pp 57-8l. selected handouts.
SIXTH & SEVENTH SESSION
FIRST NON-INDIAN CONTACTS
Cultural expressions of the California tribal people; painting, baskets
,points, sculpture, regalia
READING ASSIGNMENT: The Natural World of the California Indians:
Chapter 5, pp 114-127 Chapter 6, pp 129-157. selected handouts.
EIGHTH & NINTH SESSION
What did the mission provide to the "souls" (tribal people) that was
beneficial to their life?
A different perspective of the images of Spanish Californios
-How about those cows?
READING ASSIGNMENT: The Natural World of the California Indians;
Chapter 10, pp 221
Native Americans of California and Nevada: Jack Forbes, pp 37-50,
selected handouts
TENTH SESSION
The Mexican struggle for freedom impacted the life of many tribal people
and it also recognized aboriginal land title from a non- European perspective.
READING ASSIGNMENT: Native Americans of California and Nevada;
Jack Forbes, pp. 37-50, selected handouts.
ELEVENTH SESSION
The prelude to the Anglo invasion- TREATY OF GUADALUPE
HIDALCO
Indian friends and fiends, the California gold rush - image and perception-
justification. / What is the golden rule? / Captain Jack-Modoc war.
READING ASSIGNMENT: Native Americans
of California and Nevada; Jack Forbes, pp 68-81, selected handouts.
TWELFTH SESSION
18 treaties in peace and friendship- nation to nation- spokesman of
‘some’ California bands / tribes. Beale and "his pueblo" at Tejon, Ramona-Century
of Dishonor- Helen Hunt Jackson. Mission Indian relief act- Reservations
with reservations.
READING ASSIGNMENT; Native Americans of California and Nevada
Jack Forbes, pp 80-116, selected handouts.
THIRTEENTH SESSION
N.C.A.I. & the Indian Claims Commission- how much is that for how
much of the state of California? Who got what? Friends of the vanishing
American, mission Indian federation
READING ASSIGNMENT: Native Americans of California and Nevada
pp 1l6-138. selected handouts.
FOURTEENTH SESSION
Termination / relocation- HCR-108 & pl-280 struggle for recognition-
attack on the reservation- sovereignty at issue again and again!
READING ASSIGNMENT: The Natural
World of the California Indians: Chapter 10, pp 231-237 Native Americans
of California and Nevada: pp 116-148. selected handouts
FIFTEENTH SESSION
Self-determination...’with liberty and justice for all’ but how does
tomorrow look for the people of this state?
READING ASSIGNMENT: Native Americans
of California and Nevada; pp l48-155 also pp 180-196 Note further readings
and resources, pp 197-2l4 selected handouts
Review: journals- comprehensive final exam |
