Instr: Wilson, Michael
Office: CRT 495; 229-4839
e-mail: michael@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: ONLINE; (5/27-6/21)
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a strong background in the history, literature, and political sovereignty of indigenous tribes that now reside in Wisconsin. Our background reading will consist of chapters on federal Indian law and Wisconsin Indian history. These readings will also help us understand the changing United States policies toward indigenous peoples, including relocation, assimilation, termination, and self-determination. They will provide a context for a productive study of the literature we will read from WISCONSIN INDIAN LITERATURE: ANTHOLOGY OF NATIVE VOICES. Finally, they will help us look critically at such contemporary issues as Indian spear fishing and Indian gaming. The primary goal of this class is to help students articulate - in an informed and scholarly way -- their own beliefs regarding the political, aesthetic, and pedagogical place of indigenous people in America today. This class satisfies a GER requirement, the cultural diversity requirement, and the Act 31 requirement from the School of Education.
