Readings and Assignments for ENGL 326
Office Hours for students:
Monday: 3:00-4:00 zoom Wednesday 10:00-10:50 in person in LGCIE (RCC 101) Friday 8:00-8:50 in person in Tillinghast 320 And by appointment Joyce Rain Anderson's Personal Meeting Room (ZOOM) https://bridgew.zoom.us/j/2471977664 TO POST CRITICAL READING RESPONSES:
All responses to be posted in our Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ku7AnNqgvrn_xueScp_bbMMnebAheNymuj27hMi6Qnc/edit Readings for September 7
Readings for September 9
Following are the files from _All the Real Indians Died Off_ which we will be using for the presentations. The last one here is a historical timeline which will be useful for reference through out the course. You need to read the introduction for Friday.
below is part 2 from page 44
The Doctrine of Discovery:
https://upstanderproject.org/learn/guides-and-resources/first-light/doctrine-of-discovery
Short video by Mark Charles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3oc84aLC-Q Below is an optional task. Rutherford Falls came out last year and had two seasons on Peacock. It is a fictional story of the contemporary interactions between settler colonials and Native peoples.
Watch--Rutherford Falls Episode 1 (Peacock TV first three episodes are free) https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/rutherford-falls/8330814257994338112/seasons/1/episodes/pilot-episode-1/78ced834-4b6a-3371-941f-7daafc4d6490
Readings for September 12
Readings for September 14
You only need to read the first chapter in The Truth about Stories:
Readings due September 16
Readings due September 19
September 21--class cancelled
Readings due September 23
In Gould, just read "Poems as Maps"
There are several poems in this next selection, "Map of the America's is the first one:
Below is a Christi Belcourt coloring page
List for Presentations: All the Real Indians Died Off
(see above for reading--you only need to read the myth you are assigned and do some research). Presentations begin September 19
Interested in going to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum? Check out this Doodle Poll from Dr. Zimmerman:
I've sent my students in ANTH-328 (The Archaeology of North America) a link to a Doodle poll for scheduling the Saturday trip to the Mashantucket-Pequot Museum and Research Center, which I've included below for you as well, in case you would like to bring any of your students, as we discussed on Friday. I'll also be extending this invitation to my NAIS-200 students as well. Please let me know if there is anything else you need from me. https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/aOykA6Ld Readings due September 26
These first two links provide history of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School founded in 1879
Carlisle Indian School home.epix.net/~landis/histry.html
Background on "Run Aways" : http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/boarding/index.htm
Readings due September 28
"I Lost My Talk" https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/i-lost-my-talk
Articles below to read in addition to the poem. Also here is the link to Phillis Webstad
Phyllis Webstad statement after mass graves found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouLw8oVhhdw Mary Annett Pember “US, Canada Differ on Boarding School Policies ”https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/canada-u-s-differ-on-boarding-school-policies Resources from Trent University in Canada: https://www.trentu.ca/truthandreconciliationday
Google Doc Resources from BSU: docs.google.com/document/d/1i-MIHk4pKCanwP4t3J0xZP4NYMqm8HKvF6Jmc1wv8yI/edit?usp=sharing
On September 30--Orange Shirt Day
ZOOM EVENT The Guswenta Question How do we live well together on this land in this time? In 1613, the Haudenosaunee and the Dutch entered into an agreement to live well together on the land in what is new Pennsylvania and New York State. The agreement was recorded in the Guswenta or Two Row Wampum and a silver covenant chain. Can the Guswenta offer us guidance for living together in the 21st century? Speaker: David Newhouse (Onandaga from Six Nations Reserve in Ontario) is the Director of the Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies at Trent University 11:15-12:15 Bridgewater State University September 30 ZOOM EVENT INK TO REGISTER: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bridgew.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkdeytqj8rH9ZlEk6JTWLiUEcOAIC7Cq8C Once you register a link will be sent to you. STAND OUT for ORANGE SHIRT DAY At 3:00pm in Bridgewater Center, there will be a Stand Out Mapping Project
--We will discuss assignment in class:
MAPPING PROJECT RESOURCES Whose Land are you on? Map native-land.ca/ Also text to 907-312-5085 to find out whose land you are on Below is an online text: Indian Place Names in New England
This one isn't required, but it fits with issues of sovereignty. Debbie Reese is discussing the Little House on the Praire books up to Muscogee author JOy Harjo's American Sunrise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfU_8TiloWI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0M7JHCc_jnA9fm3POCTfPLuwWEfA7WbLJ9uOxaCUovY7kXRJwXiGgcX6w Here is the poster for Indian land and the newspaper notice about scalps:
September 30
Orange Shirt Day We will attend an event via Zoom in our classroom At 3:00 pm the is a Stand Out in Bridgewater Center if you would like to join Rhetorical Map Assignment
We will discuss on October 5: 
America Transformed Native Viewpoints on 19th Century Westward Expansion
Readings due October 3
This next reading isn't assigned, but in it Lisa King brings together the concepts of rhetorical sovereignty and rhetorical alliance as discussed in the assigned two articles.
Readings due October 5--catch up
OCTOBER 6
Indigenous People's Day Speaker on October 6 12:30-1:45 Brittney Walley, Nipmuc artist, weaver, and activist Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n7rewn7 OCTOBER 7
Should Columbus Day Be Replaced?
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/learning/should-columbus-day-be-replaced-with-indigenous-peoples-day.html
October 10: Indigenous Peoples Day --just so you know :)
Here is the Google Doc we are sharing with campus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xhQEPe4x5G_-n9J8G2cIMMohr0YglgQHSECgfWj1QGc/edit Readings due October 12
United Nations Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html
Readings due October 14
American Indians in Children's Literature https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
Readings due October 17
Watch some of the Smithsonian conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWpy7ozOwTU ).
October 19 and 21 --I will be away these two days
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Readings for October 24
The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere by Paulette Steeves is a new book that discusses the presence of human activity on in the Americas. Recently there has been an uncovering of footprints that you can also read about here. You can also watch a talk by Paulette Steeves.
Readings for October 26
Readings due October 28
Readings due October 31
Native Appropriations: http://nativeappropriations.com/
Readings due November 2
On the Wampum Trail wampumtrail.wordpress.com/
Readings due November 4
Native musicians, actors, graphic novels, video games, and more
Read about “Rebel Music: Native America” http://www.mtv.com/news/2154171/rebel-music-native-america-7th-generation-rises/
Readings due November 7
Article on Inuit Band Pamuya
This is a new graphic novel about Standing Rock: thenib.com/oceti-youth-runners?utm_campaign=web-share-links&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
Never Alone - Kisima Ingitchuna
https://store.steampowered.com/app/295790/Never_Alone_Kisima_Ingitchuna/
Readings due November 9
November 11th is Veteran's Day: Per capita, Native Americans serve in greater numbers than any other group and have served in every war in which US was part.
Readings due November 14
Below are artices on the NO DAPL water protectors (not required readiing)
November 16 we will attend an event
Readings due November 18
November 20th in Kelly Gym
11:00-5:00 12th annual BSU POWWOW Readings due November 21
and a few about Thanksgiving:
A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving --this goggle doc compiled by Center for Racial Justice in Education has many resources
November 23
Virtual Office hours available from 10:00-11:00 and by appointment https://bridgew.zoom.us/j/2471977664 November 24-November 27 Fall Feast
Enjoy your time connecting with relations. Stay safe and be grateful for what we have been gifted. Homework is to work on final projects and prepare to discuss next class. November 28--Discussion of Final Projects
Readings due November 30
December 1 EVENT 2:00-3:15 (Extra Credit)
Click HERE to register for the event (or use the link/QR Code in the attached flyer). Event description: One of the prominent themes in O'Brien's and Blee's recent book "Monumental Mobility: The Memory Work of Massasoit" is the role Indigenous activists, educators, and public intellectuals have played in challenging and redefining historical narratives and memorial practices in New England. O'Brien and Blee focus on the statue of Massasoit in Plymouth and trace the powerful and innovative ways Indigenous people intervened in the process of meaning-making around the monument, in particular, and history more generally. Q&A to follow. If you would like extra credit, you must attend and write a 1-2 page response on the event) Readings due December 2
Harvard Indian School www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/477
Readings due December 5
Sauvage cologne www.google.com/search?q=sauvage+cologne+commercial&rlz=1C1GCEV_en&oq=sauvage+col&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.13596j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Readings due December 7 (Event Today at 12:15)
When: Dec 7, 2022 12:15 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://bridgew.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqd-Cqqz4qH9Kose3U7RxBXSdS06kxZD0q
December 9--Discussion of Indigenous Languages
Indigenous Language Reclamation Dec 7, 2022
https://bridgew.zoom.us/rec/share/W15vd4BqFqcPOjjZ23PjZKEyIZIBRaFQmtOO4gku3F6952YvTzE50SsM8j0cnliY.JplnEKZ68IHLZAhl Passcode: mjs5?CtS December 12 and 14 --Short Presentations on Final Projects
Readings due November 18
Some resources you may find helpful for your project:
RESOURCES FOR LESSON PLANS
Resource for organizing: https://www2.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/BoardServlet?ACTION=BOARD_SHOW&SITE_NAME=swanseaschools&BOARD_NAME=palexander&SESSION_ID=j8a6kebom6cs231www2.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/BoardServlet?ACTION=BOARD_SHOW&SITE_NAME=swanseaschools&BOARD_NAME=palexander&SESSION_ID=j8a6kebom6cs23199
Teaching for Change (link) Native Knowledge 360 (link)
Teach Beyond Thanksgiving Myth
"Inclusion of Native topics in the curriculum should be interdisciplinary and take place all year round," Smith told Education Dive by email. "Rather than tie into Thanksgiving, focus instead on Native Heritage Month, and then continue integrating respectful lesson plans during every other month of the year, too." Indigenous People's Day Resources (link)
Italians Who Fought for Justice (link) Columbus in America film (link)
Thanks Giving study guide (link) poster (link)
Below is a lesson plan on boarding schools for middle school
More resources fromTeaching Tolerance and NAMI Webinar:
Let's Talk--teaching difficult subjects American Indian (has a video) Reclaiming Native Truths
Teaching Slavery through Children's Literature Podcast with Debbie Reese
Mapping Indigenous LA (Guide for mapping assignments)
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Additional Resources
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Online Indigenous Film Festival through October 5
Doctrine of Discovery video
Curriculum Guide for Indigenous History of the US for Young People
Here you will find some additional articles and resources which may be used for your projects.
First a couple of useful websites: http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/for-teachers/ http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/07/23/5-things-educators-should-know-teaching-native-culture-and-history-155810 http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/american_indian_resources.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/learning/lesson-plans/battle-over-an-oil-pipeline-teaching-about-the-standing-rock-sioux-protests.html?_r=0
Resources on Mascots In Whose Honor
Native American Comics
500 Nations (part 2) httpwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxZYKObdOFU watch from 1:15: 50
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Indigenous Youth Activists Climate Change
Two Spirit
http://www.sovereignbodies.com/blog/two-spirit-people-body-sovereignty-and-gender-self-determination https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/two-spirit-identity_us_5b37cfbce4b007aa2f809af1 www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/two-spirit-identity_us_5b37cfbce4b007aa2f809af1
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Ocupation of Alcatraz
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Below is a powerpoint used for professional development with Hingham High School Faculty:
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