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Winter 2007
Spring (2007) Fall 2006
At the Crossroads of the Americas: Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead (History and Literature 91r)
Lisa T. Brooks , Assistant Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Tuesdays, 2-4pm, Barker Center, Room 128.
As the issue of immigration comes to the forefront of American politics, and talk of building a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border begins to swell, perhaps no novel is better suited as a critical lens for these pressing contemporary issues than Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko's sprawling epic of the Americas , Almanac of the Dead . What if Tucson were conceived of as a “crossroads,” rather than a “border town”? What if it has, and perhaps, does function in this very way? What does it mean for a Native American author to imagine it as such? This course will use a singular novel as a landmark for exploring complex questions, in relation to a variety of related literary and historical materials, which radiate out from its source. The structure of Silko's novel is based on the Mayan codices, a map that must be deciphered by the reader, a spiraling network of people and places that, in the end, are all connected. This class will operate as an interactive reading and research seminar, to which each participant will bring his/her developing knowledge of North American and/or Latin American history and literature, strong research skills and, most importantly, a inquisitive mind.
Native American Literary Traditions (ENG 187, FAS Cat # 3570)
Lisa T. Brooks , Assistant Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11am-12pm, Lamont Library 403.
Fall 2006 and year-long (1 st half)
Introduction to the indigenous literatures of North America , focusing on the relationship between oral traditions, language, and contemporary writing. Explores the form and function of political prose, personal narrative, fiction, and poetry within particular cultural, historical, and political frameworks. Major works include Erdrich's Love Medicine, Silko's Storyteller and Welch's Fools Crow, as well as the short fiction of Alexie and Vizenor, the political prose of Deloria, and the poetry of Brant, Harjo, and Ortiz. Syllabus: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/3570.
Native America : The East (HIST 1657, FAS Cat # 1723)
Malinda Maynor Lowery , Assistant Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 1-2pm, Sever Hall 110.
Fall 2006 and year-long (1st half)
This survey course uses culture to analyze Native American history. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the oral and spiritual histories of Native people east of the Mississippi prior to the arrival of Columbus , why and how Native nations adapted to the European presence, and how colonial and United States Indian policy developed through the late twentieth century. Syllabus: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/1723.
This Land is Whose Land?: Sacred Places and American Law (Freshman Seminar 41X, FAS Cat # 3891)
Malinda Maynor Lowery , Assistant Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Tuesdays, 2-4pm, Robinson Hall 107.
Fall 2006 and year-long (1st half)
Investigates American Indian sacred places--national parks, private monuments, shrines, burial grounds (sources of natural, economic, and spiritual power). American legal system sees sacred space in a building but not in nature. How should American Indian sacred places and religious freedom be protected? Roles played by places and law in forming personality and cultural assumptions. What are the ideas, lifeways, and cultures that are at stake in this question, for both Indians and non Indians? Syllabus: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/3891.
The Expanding United States , 1803-1917 (HIST 1639, FAS Cat #9411)
Rachel St. John , Assistant Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11am-12pm, Sever Hall 2002.
Fall 2006 and year-long (1st half)
Will explore the history of 19th century American expansion, from 1803 when the United States was an adolescent republic bounded by the Mississippi River and inhabited by a relatively homogeneous population, to 1917 when an expansive federal government presided over a continent-spanning nation, overseas territorial possessions, an industrial, capitalist economy, and a diverse population struggling over political inclusion, economic equity, and national identity. Syllabus: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/9411 .
Federal Indian Law: Seminar (LAW-38670A)
Gerald Torres , Professor of Law, University of Texas & Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard University
Thursdays & Fridays, 10:30am-12pm, Location: TBA.
This course will provide an overview of federal Indian law through a study of cases, historical, and contemporary materials. It covers the basic conflicts among sovereign governments that dominate this area of law. We will focus on conflicts over jurisdiction, land rights, hunting and fishing rights, water rights and other areas central to the tensions that animate legal disputes in the tri-partite structure of federalism that characterizes Indian law. I am hopeful that time will allow us to examine other areas such as religious freedom and cultural resource protection, domestic relations law, environmental protection and comparative/international issues. Students should gain a critical understanding of the basic tenets of federal Indian law and a sense of the future directions and opportunities for Indian nations within the constitutional space accorded them through the law as it has evolved.
Winter 2007
Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation-Building I (Ped-501M or GSE: A101)
Joe Kalt , Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy in the Kennedy School of Government
Monday- Friday, January 16-19, 2007, 10am-4pm, Littauer Building, Room 130, KSG.
This course examines issues Native American tribes and nations face as they enter the 21st century, including: political sovereignty, economic development, constitutional reform, cultural and language maintenance and promotion, land and water rights, religious freedom, health and social welfare, and education. Because the challenges are broad and comprehensive, the course emphasizes the breadth of issues that leaders must confront, from health, education, and social services to politics, economics, and cultural change. Research finds that the viable approaches to such areas of nation building must be compatible with individual societies' cultures, and American Indian societies are culturally heterogeneous. Hence, there is not “one size” that fits all. Case studies and simulations derived from field research and experience are utilized to engage students in the multidimensional settings that confront Native societies. Scholars and leaders from Native America and the Harvard University Native American Program provide selected presentations. Non-KSG students (graduate and undergraduate) from all schools and departments in the university are welcome by cross-registration.
Spring 2007
Motherland: Gender, Indigeneity, and the American Environment (FOLKMYTH 127, FAS Cat # 4794)
Lisa T. Brooks , Assistant Professor of History and Literature and of Folklore and Mythology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Mondays, 3-5pm, Location: TBA.
Seminar focused on contemporary Native American literature that explores the representation and conceptualization of a feminine, and ecologically potent, American land. Readings may include Cheryl Savageau's Mother/land (poetry), Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes, Marilou Awiakta's Selu, Linda Hogan's Power, Deborah Miranda's Indian Cartography (poetry), as well as parallel comparative texts such as Susan Orleans' The Orchid Thief, Alice Walker's "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens," and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Syllabus: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/4794 .
Native America : The West (HIST 1658, FAS Cat #5296)
Malinda Maynor Lowery , Assistant Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10-11am, Location: TBA.
This survey course uses culture to analyze Native American history. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the oral and spiritual histories of Native people west of the Mississippi prior to the arrival of Columbus , why and how Native nations adapted to the European presence, and how colonial and US Indian policy developed through the late twentieth century.
Native Americans in the 21 st Century: Nation Building II (Ped-502 & GSE A102)
Dennis Norman , Faculty Chair, Harvard University Native American Program & Native Health Program, Chief of Psychology at Mass General Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School
Monday & Wednesdays, 11:40am-1pm, Littauer Building , Room 382, KSG.
This field-based research course focuses on some of the major issues Native American Indian tribes and nations face as the 21st century begins. It provides in-depth, hands-on exposure to native development issues, including: sovereignty, economic development, constitutional reform, leadership, health and social welfare, land and water rights, culture and language, religious freedom, and education. In particular, the course emphasizes problem definition, client relationships, and designing and completing a research project. The course is devoted primarily to preparation and presentation of a comprehensive research paper based on a field investigation. In addition to interdisciplinary faculty presentations on topics such as field research methods and problem definition, students will make presentations on their work in progress and findings. Prerequisite: PED-501M or permission of instructor.
History of the US West (HIST 1641, FAS Cat # 3887)
Rachel St. John , Assistant Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10am-11am, Location: TBA.
This lecture course will introduce students to the history of the place that we now know as the US West from before European expansion to the present. Lectures and readings will examine how both particular national boundaries and distinctive regional patterns have defined the West. Drawing on histories, memoirs, journals, films, and images, students will explore a variety of perspectives on the political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental transformations of the American West. Syllabus: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/3887 .
Readings in the History of the US in the 19th Century: Proseminar (HIST 2602, FAS Cat #2383)
Rachel St. John , Assistant Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Tuesdays, 2-4pm, Location: TBA.
The second in the sequence of three proseminars required of all graduate students in American history and open to graduate students in other history fields and other departments as space permits. Syllabus: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/2383 .
Social Movements, Law Stories, and Law Making (LAW 46411A)
Gerald Torres , Professor of Law, University of Texas & Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard University
Professors Marshall Ganz, Lani Guinier (with Michael Grinthal HLS 2006)
Wednesdays & Fridays, January 3, 10, 17 from 6-9pm & January 5, 12, 17 from 3-6pm.
In this course, we will look at the relationship between lawyering practices and social movements that challenge unjust social, economic, and political hierarchies. Much recent scholarship about the black civil rights movement (including parallel developments among Latinos, American Indians and Asian Americans), the feminist movement, the labor movement, the human rights movement and the conservative social movement suggests that such movements enact stories about social life. These stories then frame a public deliberative process, which ultimately influences the making and interpretation of law. In this view, one key role of social movements is to keep a story in the public eye and to confront, incorporate and challenge the received understanding with counter-stories. Where social movements are successful, a new story emerges. Part of this story is written in the law. Lawmaking becomes a way to institutionalize changes in background understanding. Enrollment limited to 15 students with permission of the instructores. Applications available from Janet Moran at jmoran@law.harvard.edu (Griswold 5 North).
Students who wish to enroll in the class with a clinical component must do so through the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. Please refer to the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs website at http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/ for early drop/add deadlines and rules for all clinical courses.
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