HST 3396 / SPRING 2010

20TH CENTURY WARRIORS: NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE 20TH CENTURY

EDMUNDS’OFFICE (JO 5.414) HRS: T/TH, 2:15-3:15PM & by apptmnt.

GRADE CALCULATION: REQUIRED TEXTS:

1st Hr. Exam – 25% Kroeber, ISHI – K
2nd Hr. Exam – 25% Edmunds, Hoxie, Salisbury, THE PEOPLE - P
Book Reviews – 15% Edmunds, THE NEW WARRIORS – E
Final Exam - 35% McTaggart, WOLF THAT I AM - M

8/19 - Background Materials - E, Intro. P, 243-250, 269-276

8/24 - An Indian Territory – P, 243-250, 269-276
8/26 - The Tragedy of the Dawes Act - P, 322-331, 357-362.
8/31 - “Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo,” - E, 16-33; P 357-359
9/2 - Vanishing Americans - K, pp. 3-114
9/7 -“Ishi” - K, pp. 115-254
9/9 - The Native American Church – P, 347-350
9/14 - Education: “Kill the Indian, Save the Man” - P, 331-336
9/16 - “In the White Man’s Image”- E, 35-54
9/21 - Nat. Amers. in the Progressive Era – P, 350-352, 354-357,
9/23 - World War I and the 1920’s; P. 359-372
9/28 - FIRST HOUR EXAM
10/5 - The Wheeler-Howard Act - P, 373-390; E, 55-77
10/7 – “Contrary Warriors” – E, 54-78
10/12 - Native Americans in World War II - P,390-396; E, 78-95
10/14 - OPEN
10/19 - “Navajo Code Talkers” – E, 97-121
10/21 – Termination and Relocation – P, 397-415; E, 238-262
10/26 - Red Power - P, 415-429; E, 122-145
10/28 – “We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee II”- P, 429-435 E, 146-
11/2 - SECOND HOUR EXAM – 1st Book Review Due
11/4 – Tribal Sovereignty – P. 435-462; E, 210-237
11/9 – Entrepreneurs and Casinos – P. 464-470; E, 171-209
11/11 - Desecration and NAGPRA: “Bones of Contention” – E, 298-
321”
11/16 – “In Whose Honor” – 2nd Book Review Due
11/18 – Reservations Environments – P, 464-466; E, 280-297
11/23 – Native American Identity – P, 470-473, E, 263-279;
McTaggart, book to be read by this date.
11/30 - “My Hands Are The Tools of My Soul”
12/2 - OPEN

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR POLICIES: Lectures and class schedules

subject to change as necessary. Students will be notified one
week in advance if exam dates are changed. Regular class
attendance is expected of students. Lectures are presented in
class, not posted on the web. Make up exams are given only at the
instructor’s discretion
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Course Prerequisites: None

Course Description: This course is an ethnohistorical survey of

the history of Native American people in the continental United
States from the 1890’s through the twentieth century. The course
focuses upon Native American efforts to retain their identity and
cultural patterns and their response to federal policies designed
to eradicate tribal communities. The course will examine federal
Indian policies during this period and discuss the perseverance
of reservation and urban Indian communities, the role of tribal
people in World War II, the emergence of Native American
militancy during the 1960’s and 1970’s, and the ability of tribal
leaders to use new definitions of tribal sovereignty to
revitalize tribal economies through activities such as gaming and
tribal entrepreneurship. Students also will discuss the American
public’s continued fascination of with romantic images associated
with tribal people and how Native American identity has evolved
during the past one hundred years.

Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes: Student learning

objectives in this course will include, but not be limited to the
following:

- Students should become familiar with those federal policies utilized by the federal
government during the first half of the 20th century which were designed to destroy
the tribal communities and force acculturation and assimilation upon Native
American people. Students also will examine the strategies utilized by tribal
peoples to retain their Native American identity during this period.

- Students will examine the changing nature of Native American leadership during
the second half of the 20th century and analyze how new leaders have utilized new
tactics to expand tribal sovereignty and rebuild tribal economies while using funds
from such enterprises to strengthen traditional values and cultural patterns.

- Students will examine the evolution of Native American identity in the 20th century
and how “being Indian” often differs considerably within the tribal communities
from common assumptions held by much of the non-Indian American public.

Student conduct and discipline: Please do not use cell phones

or ipods during class. Such activity reflects poor manners, is
rude, and is disruptive to other students in class. If you are
observed using such devices during class you will be asked to
leave. If asked to leave, please comply.

Also see general UTD academic policies available at:

http://go.utdallas.edu/syllabus-policies