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Prof. Trubitt's North American Indians course
Anthropology 3043
Spring 2013
This course explores the diverse cultures of Native American societies using archeology, history, and cultural anthropology. We will identify cultural similarities and differences among traditional Indian cultures in terms of social and political organization, economy, and religious life by reading in-depth case studies of two Indian societies (the Cree in Quebec, Canada, and the Creek in what is now Georgia and Alabama) and an autobiography written by N. Scott Momaday. We will address several current issues in the lives of modern American Indians. This course meets HSU's non-Western culture requirement.
Photo credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': The Photographic Images, 2001.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html .Course information:
Professor: Mary Beth Trubitt, Ph.D.
870-230-5510 trubitm@hsu.edu
Class Location: McBrien 307 Tuesdays/Thursdays 1:30-2:45 pm
Students: for current materials, go to ANGEL.
Return to Archeological Research Station page.
Return to HSU Sociology page.
There are three required texts for the class (see below). Several other readings will be on reserve in Huie Library. For a list of current course reserve materials, click here.
Web page last updated: March 2, 2013. Web page contact: M. B. Trubitt, trubitm@hsu.edu .
Helpful links for the first section of the course:
Some resources for ANWR discussion (week 2): Wallace article in Smithsonian Magazine from 2005, links from the Arctic Circle website, Norman Chance's ethnography on the Inupiat from Arctic Circle website, ANWR legislative history from the Congressional Research Service in 2012, Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection for Alaska , Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 summary.
Arctic Circle's "Quebec's Northern Crees" - ethnographic materials
University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
CBC Digital Archives: James Bay Project and the Cree
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (summary and recent annual report)
Canada info from CIA World Factbook
First midterm exam is February 14th.
Helpful links for second part of course:
Devils Tower National Monument (NPS website)
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (UT-Austin)
Scott Momaday Biography - Academy of Achievement
Second midterm exam is March 28th.
Helpful links for last third of the course:
- on Indians of Arkansas -
- Arkansas Archeological Survey's Educational Resources page includes handouts on Arkansas Indians.
Arkansas Archeological Survey's "Indians of Arkansas" website, developed by my Survey colleague Dr. George Sabo III.
- my Survey colleague at the WRI station, Dr. Leslie Stewart-Abernathy, researches Cherokee in Arkansas.
- the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture has numerous entries on topics related to Arkansas Indians.
- tribal websites include Caddo Nation, Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, Osage Nation, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, and Cherokee Nation.
on the Creeks in the Southeast culture area -
- to learn about modern-day Creek Indians, see the Muscogee (Creek) Nation website.
- for a bio of Benjamin Hawkins, see this Georgia Encyclopedia entry.
- PBS's "We Shall Remain" series has 2 episodes ("Tecumseh's Vision" and "Trail of Tears") relevant here.
- Historical documents and images related to Indians in the Southeast are available on Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842, from the Digital Library of Georgia.
Final course exam is Tuesday, May 7th at 1-3 pm.
