Native American Literature Notes

Native American Literature Lecture Notes		vitae research teaching philosophy about contact home
Weeks 1-5	Weeks 6-10	Weeks 10-15
Week One: Course Introduction Week Two: Native creation legends Native oratory Samson Occom Week Three: William Apess Nancy Ward Week Four: History of Federal Indian Policy John Ridge (Cherokee) and Tushpa (Chickasaw) Week Five: David Cusick George Copway	Week Six: Student analyses: Susette LaFlesche & Pauline Johnson Zitkala-Sa, American Indian Stories Week Seven: Bonnin and Hanson, Sun Dance Opera Week Ten, Monday: Charles Alexander Eastman Luther Standing Bear John Rogers	Week Eleven John Joseph Mathews D'Arcy McNickle Week Thirteen: Maria Campbell James Welch Student Work on Poets Week Fourteen: Leslie Marmon Silko Simon Ortiz & Linda Hogan Week Fifteen: Hanay Geiogamah Vizenor Ishi and the Wood Ducks

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